Earlier this month I came across a new author, Ruiyan Xu, on GoodReads.com. I'm always on the lookout for new Chinese authors, so I entered the raffle for her debut novel, The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai (St. Martin's, 2010).Lucky me. I won an advance readers' … [Read more...]
Book of the week–The Man in the Wooden Hat
Several years ago I read a highly anticipated novel called Old Filth (Europa Editions, 2006) by Jane Gardam.Filth, the acronym for Failed in London Try Hong Kong, is also the nickname of the novel's protagonist. My memory is bit clouded, and I can't remember all the details … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Rock Paper Tiger
This week I read the much talked about debut thriller from Lisa Brackmann, Rock Paper Tiger (Soho Press, 2010).Soho Press has been great to authors who write about China. They've published the edgy mysteries by Xiaolong Qiu and Aisling Juan Juan Shen's riveting memoir, A … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Rainbow’s End
Ah, another memoir of growing up in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. I just can't get enough.This week I read my 5th in this genre, Lauren St John's Rainbow's End (Scribner, 2007).St John grows up on a farm in rural Rhodesia, before the war in the late 1970s that would end white rule … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Happy Now?
This week I ventured much closer to home. In fact, I read a book that takes place in Chicago and my hometown of Evanston. You can't get much closer than that.I'd read rave reviews of Katherine Shonk's debut novel, Happy Now? (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010) and recognized … [Read more...]
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