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Someone to Talk to by Liu Zhenyun, translated by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin [in Library Journal]

09 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Repost, Translation

Knowing each other's stories – even the most private details – doesn't equate with the true intimacy of having "someone to talk to." The two distinct sections of Liu's (Remembering 1942) latest Anglophone-friendly novel present two such lonely men whose seemingly unrelated lives share a...

Three Sisters by Bi Feiyu [in Library Journal]

15 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Repost, Translation

Although the cover of Bi's novel displays a character for "triple happiness" – ostensibly representing the eponymous three sisters – readers shouldn't expect a happily-ever-after tale. After seven daughters, Party Secretary Wang sees his self-esteem redeemed with the birth of a son. Firstborn Yumi, the de facto...

Red Poppies by Alai, translated by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin [in AsianWeek]

18 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Repost, Tibetan, Translation

Red PoppiesA sweeping saga of Tibet before the Chinese occupation, told through the privileged view of the self-proclaimed “renowned idiot son” of a Tibetan chieftain. Review: "New and Notable Fiction," AsianWeek<a href="http://bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/2002-07-18-book-supplement-fiction.pdf"...

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