After China is a 1992 novel by Australian novelist Brian Castro.
Plot summary
Mr You, an ex-patriate Chinese architect, has designed a strange labyrinthine hotel overlooking the ocean. While holidaying in the completed structure he meets a woman on a beach who is dying of cancer. He finds himself drawn to the woman and spins her tales of an ancient China that never existed.
Reviews The Canberra Times
Awards and nominations
1993 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction 1993 shortlisted NBC Banjo Awards — NBC Banjo Award for Fiction 1993 shortlisted Miles Franklin Award
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