Golblatt translation of Abandoned Capital (2)
Dear All, After yesterday’s MCLC post by Dylan King, I asked Howard if he could help provide a little background about the translation of the Fei Du. His reply is below. Again, I will post an official...
View ArticleTagore translation to be removed from shelves
Source: China Daily (12/28/15) Renowned Chinese writer’s new book to remove off shelves By Ruan Fan (chinadaily.com.cn) The Chinese version of Rabindranath Tagore’s Stray Birds translated by renowned...
View ArticleThe Three-Body Trilogy review
MCLC and MCLC Resource Center are pleased to announce publication of Mingwei Song’s review of The Three-Body Trilogy (Tor Books, 2014-16), by Liu Cixin. The review appears below, but is best read...
View ArticlePaper Republic no. 29
List members may be interested in reading “Mahjong”, a short story by Feng Tang, posted today in the Read Paper Republic series: https://paper-republic.org/pubs/read/mahjong/. This story, number 29 in...
View ArticleRecommend untranslated books
Back in 2009, the Paper Republic team put together a list of the Chinese books they most wanted to see available in English. We decided it was about time to look back and see what progress has been...
View ArticleLu Xun’s “Zhao family” goes viral
Source: Sinosphere, NYT (1/4/16) Leveling Criticism at China’s Elite, Some Borrow Words From the Past 点击查看本文中文版 Read in Chinese By KIKI ZHAO BEIJING — Once again, the early-20th-century writer Lu Xun,...
View ArticleSinophone Malaysian Literature review
I’m reposting this review because, for some reason I can’t explain, the first paragraph of the review was cut off. So, here it is again, with my apologies. MCLC and MCLC Resource Center are pleased to...
View ArticleLu Xun’s “Zhao family” goes viral (1)
Here’s another piece on the “Zhao family” meme.–Kirk Source: China Change (1//6/16) ‘The Zhaos’ — The Demarcation of a Divide By Song Zhibiao, Qiao Mu, and Mo Zhixu As the year 2015 was drawing to its...
View ArticleCity of the Dead and Song of the Night review
MCLC and MCLC Resource Center are pleased to announce publication of Jianmei Liu’s review of City of the Dead and Song of the Night (The Chinese University Press, 2015), by Gao Xingjian, translated by...
View ArticlePoem on disappeared booksellers
From: Magnus Fiskesjö <nf42@cornell.edu> Source: radiuslit.org (1/9/16) The Bookseller By Tammy Ho Lai-Ming There is a small city like all cities in which booksellers seldom make the news. Then...
View ArticleChinese Science Fiction–cfp
Call for Papers Modern Language Association Annual Convention January 5-8, 2017 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Panel: “Chinese Science Fiction” While novels by Chinese writers are gaining readership and...
View ArticleDing Ling photo?
I’m posting this question on behalf of someone off-list. He’d like to know where the famous photo of Ding Ling below (click the subject line above to view it on the blog post) was first published. The...
View ArticleLi Ang’s Visionary Challenge review
MCLC and MCLC Resource Center are pleased to announce publication of Chia-lan Sharon Wang’s review of Li Ang’s Visionary Challenge to Gender, Sex, and Politics (Lexington 2014), edited by Yenna Wu. The...
View ArticleLast Words from Montmartre review
MCLC and MCLC Resource Center are pleased to announce publication of Petrus Liu’s review of Last Words from Montmartre (New York Review of Books Classics, 2014), by Qiu Miaojin, translated by Ari...
View ArticleFour Short Stories from China event
“That Damned Thing She Said”: 4 short stories from China Wanderlust: Great Literature from Around the World Read Paper Republic in partnership with Free Word Mon 14 Mar 2016, 6:45pm Free Word Lecture...
View ArticleZheng Xiaolu and The Festival of Ghosts
Source: https://an-other-land-survey.ghost.io/the-festival-of-ghosts/ The Festival of Ghosts Translation is a huge barrier to accessing Chinese literature, but it still seems strange that so little is...
View ArticleInterview with mystery writer Cheng Jiake
Source: Shanghai Daily (1/30/16) Writer taps China’s appetite for mystery By Yao Minji SINCE its debut late last month, the comedy/mystery film “Detective Chinatown” has earned critical praise as well...
View ArticlePoetry, Music, and Language in Context panel–cfp
Call for Papers Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Annual Convention October 6-8, 2016 at the Hilton Salt Lake City Center Salt Lake City, Utah Panel: “Chinese Poetry, Music, and Language in...
View ArticleEthnic-themed Literature guide update
I’d like to let list members know that I’ve updated my Guide to China’s Contemporary Ethnic-themed Literature in Translation: http://bruce-humes.com/archives/9564 This 民族题材文学 category includes writing...
View ArticleMilitary parade poems
Here is a poem by Shen Haobo on the military parade referred to in the “Hate-watching the CCTV new year’s gala” post. See also...
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