Hu Anyan: I Deliver Parcels in Beijing, Gebunden
I Deliver Parcels in Beijing
- Translation:
- Jack Hargreaves
- Publisher:
- Random House LLC US, 10/2025
- Binding:
- Gebunden
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781662603044
- Item number:
- 12436807
- Volume:
- 336 Pages
- Weight:
- 420 g
- Format:
- 217 x 148 mm
- Thickness:
- 27 mm
- Release date:
- 28.10.2025
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
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Blurb
"Quippy and delivering some much needed humanity to the specter of delivery work."
---Sam Franzini, Our Culture
"One of China's most remarkable new literary talents."
---Edward White, Financial Times
A runaway bestseller in China, sold in 17+ countries, this delightfully honest and humorous account gives a face and voice to the future of work---as if Nomadland met Nickel and Dimed.
In 2023, I Deliver Parcels in Beijing became the literary sensation of the year in China. Hu Anyan's story, about short-term jobs in various anonymous megacities, hit a nerve with a generation of young people who feel at odds with an ever-growing pressure to perform and succeed.
Hu started posting essays about his experiences online during COVID lockdowns. His recollection of night shifts in a huge logistics center in the south of China went viral: his nights were so hot that he could drink three liters of water without taking a toilet break; his days were spent searching for affordable rooms with proper air-conditioning; and his few moments of leisure were consumed by calculations of the amount of alcohol needed to sleep but not feel drowsy a few hours later.
Hu Anyan tells us about brutal work, where there is no real future in sight. But Hu is armed with deadpan humor and a strong idea of self. He moves on when he feels stuck---from logistics in the south, to parcel delivery in Beijing, to other impossible jobs. Along the way, he turns to reading and writing for strength and companionship.
I Deliver Parcels in Beijing is an honest and startling first-person portrait of Hu Anyan's struggle against the dehumanizing nature of our contemporary global work system---and his discovery of the power of sharing a story.
