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Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: Biography & Memoir, International Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Adult, New Releases
ISBN: 9780241733820
Published: December 2025
Imprint: Allen Lane
Page Extent: 336
Format: Hardback
RRP 535.00

I Deliver Parcels in Beijing

Hu Anyan, Jack Hargreaves

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A witty and humane account of one man, multiple jobs and what it means to live
A Book of the Year in the Guardian, Sunday Times, Economist and the Financial Times
Shortlisted for the Baifang Schell Book Prize: Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction
Hu AnYan has held nineteen different jobs since he graduated. He's been a convenience store clerk, a bicycle salesman, a security guard and a delivery driver (among many other things). Every time the work gets punishing or the bosses too bossy, he moves on, from city to city, carrying with him nothing but his copies of Chekhov and Carver. This is his story.
A runaway bestseller in China, I Deliver Parcels in Beijing is about what it's like to try and make a living - and stay sane -...

About the Author

Hu Anyan

Hu AnYan

Hu Anyan was born in Guangzhou, China, in 1979. After graduating from secondary school he joined the workforce, moving between cities and odd jobs to make a living. In 2020, a blog post based on his experience as a delivery driver in Beijing went viral, leading to the publication of his first book, I Deliver Parcels in Beijing (Insight Media, 2023). It has since become a major national bestseller in China and will be translated into fifteen languages.

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Jack Hargreaves

Jack Hargreaves

Jack Hargreaves is a Chinese-English translator. He has translated work by such writers as Li Juan, Lu Xiaoyu, Chai Jing, Shen Dacheng, Gu Qian, Wen Zhen and Chen Chuncheng, among others.

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