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Zhang Yueran is the award-winning author of several novels written in Chinese, including Cocoon, which was translated around the world and won the Best Asian Novel of the Prix Transfuge in 2019. She lives in Beijing.
Stupendous . . . Zhang Yueran's scenes and images have an unworldly gleam of both hard-won insight and timeless truth. The novel is a triumph -- Ian McEwan on <i>Cocoon</i> A masterful blend of narrative suspense, emotional intimacy and self-discovery -- on <i>Cocoon</i> * Guardian * Propulsive . . . a nanny witnesses a wealthy Chinese family's fall from grace - all while knowing their darkest secrets' * Millions * A nanny for a wealthy family plots to kidnap the child in her care. Unfortunately, her plans go off the rails . . . thrilling * NPR * A tense, spare novel of class, cruelty, and redemption * New Yorker *
