By Helen Wang, March 21, '12
http://www.ou.edu/clt/about.html/
Chinese Literature Today, a title from award-winning World Literature Today, produced its inaugural issue in the summer of 2010. It is based at the University of Oklahama.
By Helen Wang, March 20, '12
As recommended by Yvonne Zipp, in The Christian Scientist Monitor, 19 March 2012:
Five Bells by Gail Jones, Picador, 2012
"...But the heart of the novel belongs to Pei Xing, whose parents vanished during Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution and who endured her own imprisonment and torture..."
By Helen Wang, March 20, '12
If you're interested in Du Fu, see also some of the recent publications by Brian Holton...
By Helen Wang, March 20, '12
http://books.hindustantimes.com/2012/03/im-inspired-by-pushkin-vikram-seth/
On his new book of poetry, The Rivered Earth, Vikram Seth said...
By Helen Wang, March 19, '12
Well, this came as a surprise! I spotted an article about crime fiction in Le Monde diplomatique written by Michel Imbert, then wondered who Monsieur Imbert might be. It turns out he is Mi Jianxiu, the author of five crime fiction novels. His books are listed as written by Mi Jianxiu, translated by Michel Imbert.
By Helen Wang, March 19, '12
Utopia, Dystopia, Heterotopias: From Lu Xun to Liu Cixin, a lecture by David Der-wei Wang at Peking University on May 17, 2011, translated into English by Emma Xu.
By Helen Wang, March 19, '12
From http://english.eastday.com/e/120315/u1a6428016.html
Science fiction – four stories published in the March edition of People’s Literature
By Helen Wang, March 19, '12
From Chinese Science Fiction Newsletter, December 2011:
In 2012 Mainland China will produce two hundred Science Fiction Books...
By Helen Wang, March 18, '12
New book:
Xiaohui Yuan, Politeness and Audience Response in Chinese-English Subtitling (Peter Lang, Oxford / New Trends in Translation Studies 10, 2012), ISBN 978-3-0343-0732-1
By Helen Wang, March 18, '12
The BBC's new Lingo Show (aimed at pre-schoolers) launched recently, and its first show, with the title Chop Chop, featured Wei, the Mandarin-speaking bug, who karate chops bananas. Whoever thought that one up?
