The Bodhi Pillar
By Zhang Chi
Dogs remember past lives. Ceramic figurines escape into the night. Somewhere between dream and reality, a lonely man begins to suspect that the ordinary world is quietly becoming enchanted. A strange and luminous novel about loneliness, memory, animals, and the secret beauty concealed inside everyday life.
From the Back Cover
In The Bodhi Pillar, Chi Zhang creates a universe where animals possess hidden souls, forgotten objects awaken into life, and small human sorrows drift through rooms filled with absurdity, tenderness, and wonder.
At once playful and melancholic, hilarious and haunting, the novel blends the emotional intimacy of Haruki Murakami, the imagination of Italo Calvino, and the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez into something wholly original.
A mesmerizing literary journey about loneliness, memory, animals, and the secret beauty concealed inside everyday life.
About the Author
Zhang Chi is a novelist whose work explores spiritual architecture, memory, fate, inner passage, and the invisible structures that shape a life.
Publication Details
Publisher: Bobcat Press
Publication date: April 29, 2026
Format: Paperback, 236 pages
ISBN-13: 979-8-9992007-5-4
Language: English
Reading age: 0–12
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