Frontier by Can Xue, translated by Karen Gernant and Chen Zeping [in Booklist]
07 Mar, by in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Repost, Translation
“It will be interesting what people make of this one,” novelist-essayist Porochista Khakpour (The Last Illusion, 2014) reveals in her introduction, something she admiringly says about every Can Xue (The Last Lover, 2014) title. “Can Xue,” Khakpour explains, is both pseudonymous disguise and “synonymous with...