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Yang Zhihan

Yang Zhihan has published several short-story collections including A Solid Clump of Ice (2022), After Dusk (2023) and, most recently, Fishing Alone (2024).

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Fiction | Issue 169 padlock
Fiction | Issue 169 padlock

Hai Shan Swimming Pool

Yang Zhihan

‘As soon as I turned the corner, I saw her. She was swimming across the blue sea, the only person in the entire swimming pool.’

Fiction by Yang Zhihan, translated by Helen Wang.

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