Chi Hui, Judith Huang (Translator): The Woman Carrying a Corpse (2023, Tor.com)
English language
Published April 18, 2023 by Tor.com.
We’re excited to reprint “The Woman Carrying a Corpse” by Chi Hui, translated from Chinese by Judith Huang, from the groundbreaking anthology The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, edited by Yu Chen and Regina Kanyu Wang, out now in paperback!
“The Woman Carrying a Corpse” was originally published as 背尸体的女人 in December 2019 by Flower City (花城).
A short tale, and possibly a parable, about a woman who carries a corpse. People who meet her react by coming up with some rationale for what she is doing, which she readily accepts. Possibly only one person may be able to understand the maddening reason for what she is doing.
