Frankfurt 2009
Paper Republic attended the 2009 Frankfurt Book Fair, and brought with us a packet of seven Chinese books we believe to be worth translating and publishing outside of China.
You can download the introductory packet (without translation samples) as a PDF file.
As we complete translation samples for each of the seven books, we will make them downloadable below:
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Happy, by Jia Pingwa (download sample)
Translation by Nicky Harman -
Abandoned Capital, by Jia Pingwa
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Screwed, by Han Dong (download sample)
Translation by Nicky Harman -
Truth and Variations, by Li Er
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Northern Girls, by Sheng Keyi (download sample)
Translation by Eric Abrahamsen -
Common Sense, by Leung Man-tao (download sample)
Translation by Nicky Harman -
Ball Lightning, by Liu Cixin
Part of this sample has appeared in Words Without Borders
Translation by Joel Martinsen