Chinese Literature 中, En
云中驿站 Rest Stop in the Clouds
Zhu’s text will resonate deeply with anyone who has a curiosity into the internal life of words—how they live, how they move, how they capture us.
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Chinese Literature 中, En
物品志 Item Log
A comedically proficient takedown of contemporary materialism, indulgences, and millennial woes.
Chinese Literature 中, En
木头百叶窗 Wooden Shutters
Zhu does not tell so much as direct the eye here and there, giving the reader that thrilling sense of noticing.
Chinese Literature 中, En
表妹 The Younger Cousin
A determined combination of inimitable talent and penchant for the bizarre.
Chinese Literature 中, En
九月 september
Liu addresses potent themes of urban displacement, bilateral definitions, and realities vs anti-realities.
Chinese Literature 中, En
Trees 树
In this brief excerpt from the debut award-winning novel Liu Xi, the reader gets a sense of the author’s winding, Nabokovian style, which at once rejoices in the ornate capacities of language without sacrificing its symbolist potentials.
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Reading China: City Gate, Open Up
When Bei Dao returned to Beijing, everything was completely different. The shock of this experience released the flood of memories and emotions that sparked City Gate, Open Up.
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Reading China: Frontier
You really have to read Can Xue to understand. Frontier is a good way to start.