While I have read this book in its original language – Chinese – I have found a English translation selling at Amazon.com. It is refreshing to read the work of a China writer in Traditional Chinese because given my very limited exposure to Simplified Chinese, my reading appetite is often confined to either authors from Hong [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Chinese Novel'
夢枕獏《香魚師》- “Master Ayu Fisherman”, I Know Nuts About Fishing But I Enjoy Reading This
December 21st, 2009 No Comments
It is only a matter of time before I revisit my childhood passion of reading Japanese novels translated in Chinese. I read Japanese novels translated in English, such as Haruki Murakami. Maybe there is a certain proximity between the two languages – Japanese and Chinese, I suspect that the Chinese translation is probably closer to the [...]
Tags: 夢枕獏 · Chinese Novel
王璞《補充記憶》- “Memory Refill” – And My Reading Habit
December 1st, 2009 No Comments
How do you choose what to read from a library or a bookstore full of books? When it comes to English titles, these days, I have a set of authors that I keep going back to. As for Chinese titles, it is still this whole new experience of discovery and exploration. Quite a few I [...]
Tags: Chinese Novel · 王璞
張子璘《早苗》- “Zoumiu”, Again, 9 Short Stories
November 13th, 2009 2 Comments
This has to be a coincidence. I randomly picked four Chinese novels to read from the library. The previous book is a collection of nine short stories. This books is also a collection of nine short stories. Relationship, especially in the form of divorce, is one of the themes of the previous book. Same for [...]
Tags: 張子璘 · Chinese Novel
王璞《嘉年華會》- “Carnival”, 9 Short Stories
November 12th, 2009 15 Comments
Almost in a similar period when I appear to have given up eating meat all of a sudden, I have this sudden urge to rediscover my Chinese root. Reality is, nothing is ‘all of a sudden’. I have been wanting to give up eating meat for ages. And I have been wanting to brush up [...]
Tags: Chinese Novel · 王璞 · short stories
An Attempt To Pinpoint Why I Still Love Reading Chinese Literature – A Brief Review of 倪匡中篇奇情武俠系列《金腰帶》
February 20th, 2008 4 Comments
I have read tens or perhaps hundreds of English books but none matches the sensation I derive from reading in my mother tongue. Like this particular book I am going to feature here, I was so deeply affected that my mind just wouldn’t allow me to do anything else right after I’ve finished reading the [...]
Tags: 倪匡 · Chinese Novel · Wuxia
Requiem of Ling Sing (A Deadly Secret) by Jin Jong
April 14th, 2006 No Comments
I have read novels from Jin Jong since young. His great work has helped to shape my character and every time when I reread his works in various time of my life, different emotions resonance from within me. His work is complex and I have yet to find any novel in any language that can [...]
Tags: Chinese Novel · 金庸 · Jin Yong · Wuxia
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