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–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...]
Book of the week–Start, Love, Repeat
Today is the publication date of my agent-sister, Dorcas Cheng-Tozun's debut book, Start, Love, Repeat: How to Stay in Love With Your Entrepreneur in a Crazy Start-Up World (Center Street, 2018). I've known about her book deal for a while now and have loved following her … [Read more...]
Book of week–Little Soldiers: An American Boy, a Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve
I'm not a perfect parent. And I'm not an expert in education. Years ago when I was first divorced and raising my toddler as a single a mother, I didn't speak Mandarin to him even though he spent his first two years hearing it from his grandparents (for the first year) and his … [Read more...]
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