<DIV><p><i>When Fox is a Thousand</i> is a lyrical, magical novel, rich with poetry and folklore and elements of the fairytale. Larissa Lai interweaves three narrative voices and their attendant cultures: an elusive fox growing toward wisdom and her 1000 birthday, the ninth-century Taoist poet/nun Yu Hsuan-Chi (a real person executed in China for murder), and the oddly named Artemis, a young Asian-American woman living in contemporary Vancouver.</p><p>With beautiful and enchanting prose, and a sure narrative hand, Lai combines Chinese mythology, the sexual politics of medieval China, and modern-day Vancouver to masterfully revise the myth of the Fox (a figure who can inhibit women&rsquo;s bodies in order to cause mischief). Her potent imagination and considerable verbal skill result in a tale that continues to haunt long after the story is told.</p><p>First published to wide acclaim in 1995 and out of print since 2001, this new edition of <i>When Fox is a Thousand</i>, published by Arsenal Pulp Press for the first time, features a new foreword by the author.</p><p><b>Praise for When Fox is a Thousand:</b></p><p>&ldquo;A sure-footed writer and teller of tales, Lai takes the reader on a magnificent journey through layers of time, myth, and imagery.&rdquo;&mdash;Susan Crean</p><p>&ldquo;A particularly acute pleasure.&rdquo;&mdash;<i>The Advocate</i></p><p><b>Larissa Lai</b> was born in La Jolla, California and lives in Calgary where she is completing a Ph.D. in English at the University of Calgary. She was awarded an Astraea Foundation Emerging Writers Award in 1995. She is also the author of the novel <i>Salt Fish Girl</i> (2002).</p></DIV>