MICHAEL BERRY is Associate Professor of Contemporary Chinese Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. He is the author of A History of Pain: Trauma in Modern Chinese Literature and Film (2008) and Speaking in Images: Interviews with Contemporary Chinese Filmmakers (2005).

Contents.- Acknowledgements.- A Note on Romanization.- Preface.- 1 Prelude: Trying to Get Back Home.- 2 Xiao Wu.- 3 Platform.- 4 Unknown Pleasures.- 5 Coda: From Home to the World.- 6 Appendix: In Conversation with Jia Zhangke.- Filmography.- Credits.- Bibliography.- Notes.