Thoreau was only half right when he said that “The mass of men live lives […]
The Language of Solitude, by Jan-Philipp Sendker
Jan-Philipp Sendker’s The Language of Solitude (translated by Christine Lo) is a strange hybrid novel. Some chapters […]
The Kitchen God’s Wife, by Amy Tan
Originally published in 1991, Amy Tan’s The Kitchen God’s Wife gives us (well, at least me) […]
The Good Earth, by Pearl S. Buck
Originally published in 1931, The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck delivers a problematic (for oh so many […]
Chronicle of a Blood Merchant, by Yu Hua
Set between the late 1940s and early 1970s, Yu Hua’s Chronicle of a Blood Merchant (translated […]
Raise the Red Lantern, by Su Tong
It isn’t enough to translate Chinese literature into English. The translators do as much as […]
The Hundred Secret Senses, by Amy Tan
It’s been so long since I read Amy Tan’s The Hundred Secret Senses that all I […]
Red Sorghum, by Mo Yan
Our narrator’s grandparents and father are legendary. Family members and friends tell stories of how […]
Black Dragon River, by Dominic Ziegler
Between Russia, China, and Mongolia, there is a 4,000 mile long river that marks a […]
Jade Dragon Mountain, by Elsa Hart
Li Du, former librarian and official exile, has a lot in common with a number […]