Chinese Graphic Novels and Manga
By Helen Wang, March 22, '12
A review of Aneurin Wright's Things to do in a retirement home trailer park (www.trailerparkbook.com) prompted me to do a quick search on Chinese graphic novels....
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NYTimes Bilinguals are Smugger xichuanpoetry.com
The New York Times / International Herald Tribune blog ran a particularly frustrating piece the other day under the title “Rendezvous Always Knew ‘Bilinguals Are Smarter.’” Yes, I agree that mastering other languages benefits intelligence, but it was the particular smugness–and cultural superiority–that I writhe against. In particular...
The Guardian: Dissident Writer Criticizes This Year's London Book Fair Lineup www.guardian.co.uk
The London newspaper voices Bei Ling's criticism of the London Book Fair's decision to compromise with GAPP. Soft power, anyone?
Chinese Literature Today
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.
Fiction with Cultural Revolution in the background
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..."
More about Du Fu...
By Helen Wang, March 20, '12
If you're interested in Du Fu, see also some of the recent publications by Brian Holton...
Du Fu in Vikram Seth’s new book of poetry
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...
Crime Fiction Writer Mi Jianxiu
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.
Utopia, Dystopia, Heterotopias (a history of science fiction in China)
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.
Science Fiction in People's Literature
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
China to publish over 200 science fiction books in 2012
By Helen Wang, March 19, '12
From Chinese Science Fiction Newsletter, December 2011:
In 2012 Mainland China will produce two hundred Science Fiction Books...
Body language and face negotiation
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