👇 Wide ranging and insightful piece by @spoem.bsky.social that places Yu Hua's latest work into the context of his previous works of fiction and writings by other important figures of his generation, via @chinabooksreview.com

"Short #Stories from #Taiwan" 🀄📚

My @fivebooks.com recommendations for #Chinese -language fiction in English translation.

Link: fivebooks.com/best-books/s...

Merci d'avoir lu ma recension et d'avoir partagé votre appréciation.

Congratulations on another major translation!

Thanks for writing this! I especially appreciated the tour of Yu's other novels in the second half. I've only read The Seventh Day, so I found this overview to be very helpful!

@chinabooksreview.com just published my review of Yu Hua's 余华 *City of Fiction*《文城》(2021, tr. 2025).

"Along with other contemporary Chinese works with such graphic violence, Yu’s novel does political work by purging the traumas of China’s bloody 20th century."
chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/30/f...

The bestselling Chinese novelist Yu Hua foregrounds individual suffering in the chaos of modern Chinese history. In his latest novel in translation, gratuitous violence shows the limits of fiction.

Read Sabina Knight's review of "City of Fiction": chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/30/f...

फाउंड दिस वर्क अबाउट चाइनीज लिटरचर अ कम्प्लीट गाइड एण्ड रिएलि एनजोएड आईटी। ई फाउंड आईटी एवर सो प्लीज़िंग तो रीड एण्ड आईटी वास सच अ वन्डर्फल वेल्थ ऑफ नालिज पककेड ईंटों सच अ समाल बुक! इटस अ Pocket Book डॉन्ट यू नो। ऊसएरफुल फॉर लॉंग ट्रेन जौरनेस सो इफ यू प्लान ऑन थे ट्रांस-छिन नेपाली एक्स्प्रेस देन टेक दिस विद यू!

***** five stars*****

Engaging & appreciative review at @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social of two works of literature from the Ming era lareviewofbooks.org/article/in-t... cc @chowleen.bsky.social @bairuiwen.bsky.social @spoem.bsky.social

I'm trying to build a feed that highlights the diverse voices in the literary world, particularly those involved in literary translation (all language combinations).
So, #literarytranslators out there, help me complete this #starterpack and let me know if you'd like to be added.

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Let's help @harvard.edu turn the tide.

Americans can still reverse Trump's "new world order."

Recalling @bostonglobe.com's take on #Zelensky visit to the #BleakHouse.

#台灣 #短篇小說 集 ── 我推薦的五部傑作。🀄📚

"Mercurial billionaires" control X & Facebook.

The #Bluesky team, led by @jay.bsky.team, give #power to netizens.

by @chaykak.bsky.social @newyorker.com

"The rightwing movement against #empathy seeks to dismantle & discredit one of the essential tools for any society – our capacity to recognize & respond to #suffering. We should see the campaign against empathy . . . for what it is: a flashing red light warning of #fascist intent."
@theguardian.com

There used to be a social democratic faction in the CCP. Time to rehabilitate that tendency, introduce welfare to put a floor under wages, discourage excessive saving and increase consumption.

* #Chinese #Literature: A Very Short Introduction* 🀄📚

* The most accessible guide to Chinese literature available––compact but textured & far-reaching.

* Serves as a window on Chinese culture from a philosophical, comparative approach.

"a marvel of economy, substance, and style."

" #Journalists are first, but everyone else is next."

With "lawsuits against 'the enemy camp,'" #publishers, #writers & academics are first. "Doctors, teachers, accountants will be next."

" #Authoritarianism is as predictable as a Swiss train."
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social @theguardian.com

" #Journalists are first, but everyone else is next."

With "lawsuits against 'the enemy camp,'" #publishers, #writers & academics are first. "Doctors, teachers, accountants will be next."

" #Authoritarianism is as predictable as a Swiss train."
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social @theguardian.com

Created a Taiwan Studies Starter Pack for folks coming from Twitter. Let me know if you ought to be on here! go.bsky.app/TG2GBbz

One of my current projects explores #non-Han #fiction & #poetry.

On the former, I wrote an article for *World #Literature Today*.

I've given talks on the broader project. I'm open to giving more.
🀄📚 www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2022/january...

I've long studied and taught #fiction from #Taiwan. ↓

I need to pick a couple of these up!

Five Books: Short Stories from Taiwan, recommended by Sabina Knight

fivebooks.com/best-books/s...

"Short #Stories from #Taiwan" 🀄📚

My @fivebooks.com recommendations for #Chinese -language fiction in English translation.

Link: fivebooks.com/best-books/s...

In #China, gov legitimacy depends on economic stability.

Econ uncertainty threatened CCP legitimacy until Trump's #tariffs & trade war.

Now the Party can blame econ troubles on U.S. "efforts to contain China -- rather than bad governance," as @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social writes on @nytimes.com: