Literature

31.12.2019
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Translate and Relate

Good stories cannot attract readers across cultures without good translations. But translations are seldom fully appreciated.

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15.06.2019
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Book Launch 《一夜之差》The Hague, the Netherlands

On a sunny weekend afternoon in May, there I was - in the bright open space of China Circle, surrounded by about 50 smiling, curious faces - talking about my new book《一夜之差》. I was happy that my new book was launched in the Netherlands even before China.

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30.04.2017
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On Shanghai TV Tonight Show

The Tonight Show (Shanghai TV's, not NBC Jimmy Fallon's) interviews a writer or artist every evening, 365 evenings a year - no break. I'm honoured to be on the show to talk about my novel and cultural differences in literature.

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29.08.2015
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Who Am I?

Readers of my novel Shanghai Blue often ask, “Is it autobiographical?”   

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24.08.2015
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‘I write with my body'

Writing about sex under the motto ‘I write with my body’, some young women writers outrage China. The Chinese call them xinxin renlei – brand new humans. 

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20.08.2015
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The new Chineseness: great leap forward or backward?

Looking backward is a major trend in Chinese fiction today - writers often set their novels in the past to reflect on Chinese history and culture.

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