After China

After China is a 1992 novel by Australian novelist Brian Castro.

Plot summary
Mr You, an ex-patriate Chinese architect, has designed a strange labyrinthine hotel overlooking the ocean. While holidaying in the completed structure he meets a woman on a beach who is dying of cancer. He finds himself drawn to the woman and spins her tales of an ancient China that never existed.

Reviews

 * The Canberra Times

Awards and nominations

 * 1993 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
 * 1993 shortlisted NBC Banjo Awards — NBC Banjo Award for Fiction
 * 1993 shortlisted Miles Franklin Award