Presented by Matt at the December 2025 meeting
I Deliver Parcels in Beijing
- Published 2024
- Memoir
- 256 pages
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one reader
- Matt4
In brief
How China's gig economy helped the author launch his writing career, with hard work as star.
From Wikipedia
I Deliver Parcels in Beijing (Chinese: 我在北京送快递) is a 2023 nonfiction memoir by Chinese writer Hu Anyan. Expanded from a blog about his work as an internal migrant labourer, the book documents two decades of low-paid jobs within China's gig economy. An English translation by Jack Hargreaves was published by Astra House and Allen Lane in 2025.
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