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 [...]
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鐵凝《永遠有多遠》- “How Long Is Forever” by Tie Ning
January 15th, 2010 No Comments
Tags: Chinese Novel · 鐵凝 · short stories · Tie Ning
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
After Dark by Haruki Murakami – A Dark Beauty of Novelette Filled With Dualism
August 7th, 2008 5 Comments
After reading the short story collection of “Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman“, I was left with the feeling of wanting more. The synopsis of “After Dark” (paperback 201 pages) intrigues me. It is midnight hour when Mari sips coffee, a young musician walks in, and they have a conversation. Later, as Mari is alone again, a [...]
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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami – Surreal and Beautifully Written Short Stories
June 10th, 2008 7 Comments
I would be lying to say that I wasn’t stopped by this rather sexy book cover (which later found out that it is rather relevant to the leading story). But there are plenty of sexy book covers out there to grab attention. I liked the book title but was not familiar with the author’s name. I am [...]
Tags: Haruki Murakami · short stories