City Like Water - Dorothy Tse some live by getting nutrients

some live by getting nutrients from water and light

he must eventually conclude that she led a double life

Translator: Daniel Alarcón

It proved to be a sixteen-line death sentence

and was a significant contributing factor to his suicide at the age of thirty-six

City Like Water - Dorothy Tse some live by getting nutrientsThe city you grew up in is gone, as if sunk to the bottom of the ocean. So much has vanished with it counterfeit watches, streets echoing with the sound of stilettos, and even some of your classmates and teachers. Then the disappearances come closer to home. Your mother joins a housewives protest over fake lotus roots only to be turned into a statue by the police. Your father is quietly absorbed into the enormous TV gifted by the government,