The April 3rd Incident: Stories by Yu Hua, translated by Allan H. Barr [in Library Journal]
12 Nov, by in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Repost, Short Stories, Translation
Clearly the internationally lauded Yu Hua's translator of choice, Pomona professor Allan H. Barr anglophones seven early stories Yu (Brothers) wrote between 1987 and 1991. In his edifying introduction, Barr explains that during China's "post-Mao liberalization" (from the late 1970s into early 1980s), "writers devoted...
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