Full name: The Man With The Compound Eyes: A Novel

Author: Wu Ming-Yi Year: 2014 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science fiction, Fantasy Cultures: China, Asia Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Barns&Noble Amazon eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781448130900 9780345802880 1448130905 0345802888

On the island of Wayo Wayo, every second son must leave on the day he turns fifteen as a sacrifice to the Sea God. Atile'i is one such boy, but as the strongest swimmer and best sailor, he is determined to defy destiny and become the first to survive. Alice Shih, who has lost her husband and son in a climbing accident, is quietly preparing to commit suicide in her house by the sea. But her plan is interrupted when a vast trash vortex comes crashing onto the shore of Taiwan, bringing Atile'i with it. In the aftermath of the catastrophe, Atile'i and Alice retrace her late husband's footsteps into the mountains, hoping to solve the mystery of her son's disappearance. On their journey, memories will be challenged, an unusual bond formed, and a dark secret uncovered that will force Alice to question everything she thought she knew. Similar books: Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway Embassytown by China Mieville Awake in the Night Land by John C. Wright Superhuman by Evan Currie Fallen Dragon by Peter F. Hamilton Feersum Endjinn by Iain M. Banks Emergence by David R. Palmer Treason by Orson Scott Card This Alien Shore by C. S. Friedman Time Out of Joint by Philip K. Dick The Merro Tree by Katie Waitman Jack of Shadows by Roger Zelazny Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre Pilgrimage by Zenna Henderson The Inverted World by Christopher Priest Hand of Mars by Glynn Stewart