口红 (lit. Lipstick)
Short story by Wang Yuan.
A wannabe singer and a cynical taxi driver are thrown together in a Beijing traffic jam, releasing their frustrations upon each other with tragicomic consequences.
Translations:
Lipstick
Translated by Colin Hawes and Shuyu Kong
Publications
Beijing Women (merwinasia.com) | Merwin Asia | May 2014 | US |
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