We have the full spoilers for June 2021 Boxwalla Book Box, a fiction book subscription that also focuses on diversity!
This June we showcase two wonderful writers : a British-Mexican writer & a Chinese writer. Along with an illustrated bookish gift from @obviousstate. 😍
Both novels are incredibly engaging, funny & profound. In our opinion, the perfect reads for summer days.
Each box includes:
- The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington (U.K/Mexico)
- The Invisibility Cloak by Ge Fei (China)
- A set of Paris-themed postcards from Obvious State
Closer look:
The Hearing Trumpet Paperback by Leonora Carrington
Leonora Carrington (1917–2011), the distinguished British-born Surrealist painter who made her home in Mexico City, was also a writer of extraordinary imagination and charm, and The Hearing Trumpet is perhaps her best loved book. It tells the story of 92-year-old Marian Leatherby, who is given the gift of a hearing trumpet only to discover that her family has been plotting to have her committed to an institution. But this is an institution where the buildings are shaped like birthday cakes and igloos, where the Winking Abbess and the Queen Bee reign, and where the gateway to the underworld is wide open. It is also the scene of a mysterious murder. Occult twin to Alice in Wonderland, The Hearing Trumpet is a classic of fantastic literature that has been translated and celebrated throughout the world.
The Invisibility Cloak by Ge Fei
A lightly surreal story of misfortune, menace, and high-end stereo equipment in the cutthroat, capitalistic world of modern China.
An NYRB Classics Original
The hero of The Invisibility Cloak lives in contemporary Beijing—where everyone is doing their best to hustle up the ladder of success while shouldering an ever-growing burden of consumer goods—and he’s a loser. Well into his forties, he’s divorced (and still doting on his ex), childless, and living with his sister (her husband wants him out) in an apartment at the edge of town with a crack in the wall the wind from the north blows through while he gets by, just, by making customized old-fashioned amplifiers for the occasional rich audio-obsessive. He has contempt for his clients and contempt for himself. The only things he really likes are Beethoven and vintage speakers. Then an old friend tips him off about a special job—a little risky but just don’t ask too many questions—and can it really be that this hopeless loser wins?
This provocative and seriously funny exercise in the social fantastic by the brilliantly original Ge Fei, one of China’s finest living writers, is among the most original works of fiction to come out of China in recent years. It is sure to appeal to readers of Haruki Murakami and other fabulists of contemporary irreality.
A set of Paris-themed postcards from Obvious State
Do you blame me for being just slightly obsessed with @obviousstate?
These lovely Paris-themed postcards are coming to you in the June Book Box. Inspired by Art Deco era posters. 😍
Picture via Obvious State
Boxwalla offers subscription boxes and limited edition boxes. Boxwalla Book Box is $29.95 every other month, and comes with 2 books by writers from all over the world. See all our Boxwalla Book Box reviews here!
June box orders are now open – you can secure yours here!
What do you think of this month’s Boxwalla Book Box spoilers?
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