The Backstreets: A Novel From Xinjiang

The Backstreets is an astonishing novel by a preeminent contemporary Uyghur author who was disappeared by the Chinese state. Perhat Tursun follows an unnamed Uyghur man who comes to the capital of Xinjiang. Seeking to escape the pain and poverty of the countryside, he finds only cold stares and rejection.

• | Author: Perhat Tursun
• | Publisher: Columbia University Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 13, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 168 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0231202911
• | ISBN-13: 9780231202916