Set at a pivotal point after the turmoil of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, THE WEDDING PARTY weaves together a rich tapestry of characters, intertwined lives, and stories within stories, in this day-in-the-life tale of a Beijing wedding.

On a December morning in 1982, the courtyard of a Beijing siheyuan―a lively quadrangle of homes―begins to stir. Auntie Xue’s son Jiyue is getting married today, and she is determined to make the day a triumph. Despite Jiyue’s woeful ignorance in matters of the heart―and the body. Despite a chef in training tasked with the onerous responsibility of preparing the banquet. With a cross-generational multitude of guests, from anxious family members to a fretful bridal party―not to mention exasperating friends, interfering neighbors, and wedding crashers―what will the day ahead bring?

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About the Author

Liu Xinwu’s work, which includes novels, short stories, and children’s literature, focuses on the common people of Beijing who live on the margins of society. He is one of the earliest proponents of the post-Maoist wave of Chinese literature, and is regarded as the creator of China’s “scar literature” genre. When Xinwu’s THE WEDDING PARTY was published in China in 1985, it was an immediately resounding success and won China’s biggest fiction award, the Mao Dun Prize. Liu Xinwu was born on June 4, 1942, in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, and has lived in Beijing since 1950.

About the Translator

Jeremy Tiang, a renowned author who has translated into English the influential works of Jackie Chan, Geling Yan (The Secret Talker), Chan Ho-Kei (Second Sister), and Tianxia Bachang (The City of Sand), now brings Liu Xinwu’s Chinese classic to vivid life for English readers. Jeremy Tiang was born and raised in Singapore. He studied English Literature at University College Oxford, and then trained as an actor at Drama Center London. After acting professionally on stage and in short films, Tiang transitioned from acting to playwriting, writing fiction, and translating literature. His short story Trondheim, from his collection It Never Rains on National Day, won Singapore’s 2009 Golden Point Award; and his novel State of Emergency won the Singapore Literature Prize in 2018. He currently lives in Flushing, Queens. For more information, visit www.jeremytiang.com.