{"product_id":"i-deliver-parcels-in-beijing-on-making-a-living-hardcover","title":"I Deliver Parcels in Beijing: On Making a Living (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA witty and humane account of one man, multiple jobs and\nwhat it means to live\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHu AnYan has held nineteen different jobs since he graduated. He’s been a\nconvenience store clerk, a bicycle salesman, a security guard and a delivery\ndriver (among many other things). Every time the work gets punishing or the\nbosses too bossy, he moves on, from city to city, carrying with him nothing but\nhis copies of Chekhov and Carver. This is his story.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA runaway bestseller in China\u003ci\u003e, I Deliver Parcels in Beijing\u003c\/i\u003e is\nabout what it’s like to try and make a living – and stay sane – in the gig\neconomy. From the pecking order on a parcel-sorting factory floor to the\nperfect alcohol dose to get some daylight shut-eye before a punishing night\nshift, from the Kafkaesque bureaucracy of the hiring departments to the ideal\nlayout of a delivery route, Hu illuminates the hidden lives behind the roles\nthat keep our world going. But he also shows how, through the liberating power\nof literature, he finds solace, and even freedom in his existence.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nQuietly radical, brimming with humanity and humour, this book asks: what does\nwork really mean? What should it mean? And do any of us really know how to\nlive?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHu Anyan\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Guangzhou, China, in 1979.\nAfter graduating from secondary school he joined the workforce, moving between\ncities and odd jobs to make a living. In 2020, a blog post based on his\nexperience as a delivery driver in Beijing went viral, leading to the\npublication of his first book, \u003ci\u003eI Deliver Parcels in Beijing\u003c\/i\u003e (Insight\nMedia, 2023). It has since become a major national bestseller in China and will\nbe translated into fifteen languages.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJack Hargreaves\u003c\/b\u003e is a Chinese-English translator. He has translated\nwork by such writers as Li Juan, Lu Xiaoyu, Chai Jing, Shen Dacheng, Gu Qian,\nWen Zhen and Chen Chuncheng, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44684605391055,"sku":"9780241733820","price":45.78,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_68c8a09b-c618-4071-863b-153fc9521e93.jpg?v=1773307088","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/i-deliver-parcels-in-beijing-on-making-a-living-hardcover","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}