“Remains of Life” by Wu He [Why This Book Should Win]
This afternoon鈥檚 entry in the 鈥淲hy This Book Should Win鈥 series is from BTBA judge Adam Hetherington. Remains of Life by Wu He, translated from the Chinese by Michael Berry (China, Columbia University Press) I鈥檓 not sure how to define historical fiction. How true does regular fiction need to be to become ...
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Reading the World 2008: The Song of Everlasting Sorrow by Wang Anyi
Since Reading the World 2008 is almost here—it technically runs through the month of June, when bookstores across the country display twenty-five translated titles (warning pdf) from fifteen different presses—I thought it would be worthwhile to highlight each of these books on the site. And there’s no ...
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