Over the last decade or so, I've found myself spending the new year reading books about Hong Kong published by Blacksmith Books. But this year I've been catching up on my towering to-be-read pile and have read a couple of Blacksmith Books before the new year.While Blacksmith … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Do Not Say We Have Nothing
Do Not Say We Have Nothing is a line in the Chinese lyrics of the Internationale, and it's also the name of Madeleine Thien's most recent novel, which came out in paperback earlier this year. I've read many books set during China's Cultural Revolution, but this novel stood out … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Unrest
Last week I reviewed Jeremy Tiang's debut novel, State of Emergency, and this week I read Tiang's translation of Yeng Pway Ngon's Unrest (Balestier Books, 2018). Both books follow Malayan leftists back in the 1950s and 60s and in modern times. And both deal more with personal … [Read more...]
Book of the week–State of Emergency
I'd been waiting since May to read Jeremy Tiang's debut novel, State of Emergency (Epigram Books, 2017) and finally had the chance last week. His translation of Chan Ho-Kei's The Borrowed is one of my favorite books, so I was eager to read his own novel.And it didn't … [Read more...]
Book of the week–The Road to Sleeping Dragon
Last week I read Michael Meyer's new memoir, The Road to Sleeping Dragon (Bloomsbury, 2017). I really enjoyed his first two narrative/memoirs about Beijing and Manchuria. This one recaps some of those, but goes more into his early years in China when he arrived in Sichuan with … [Read more...]
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