The Strike

Ground breaking and important...should become one of the most analyzed techniques in literary fiction. -- Experimental Writing This unconventional text while reminiscent of the Dadaists word games, experimental poetry, and William Burroughs's work using cut-ups is, in the end, a unique entity unto itself... -- Ray Fracalossy The Strike vividly explores a season of crisis in the lives of Old Yu and Little Xu, two outsiders in an ice-bound Chinese border town riven by an illegal strike. Caught up in the upheaval, guilt-ridden Old Yu embarks on a reckless journey to find the rebellious woman he betrayed, before it's too late. Meanwhile, lonely young drifter Little Xu enters into a dangerous relationship with a stranger on the run. The Strike stands out as a novel that is both experimental and dealing realistically with real world events in an engaged way. The new use of syntax the novel pioneers is a method the author, a translator, uses to shake up the synapses of readers in a way that can deliver new perspectives on the nature of reality. Linguists and psychologists, literary critics and readers will find this to be a stunning new revelation of possibility.

• • Author: Harvey Thomlinson
• • Publisher: Lucid Play Publishing
• • Publication Date: Jan 23, 2018
• • Number of Pages: 200 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 0692999442
• • ISBN-13: 9780692999448