Posts Tagged ‘China’

Dengchi Valley, Sichuan

Published April 21st, 2011

Dengchi Valley, Sichuan
Kindly contributed by Henry Nicholls, author of the forthcoming The Way of the Panda The huge, foreboding oak doors of the Dengchi Valley Cathedral in Baoxing County, Sichuan are mostly locked. But once a week, on a Sunday, they are opened for the local inhabitants to attend a service in one of the oldest Catholic
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Country Driving, A Journey from Farm to Factory

Published November 20th, 2010

Country Driving, A Journey from Farm to Factory
As astute as any observer on China with a gift for dialogue, Beijing-based Peter Hessler (River Town, Oracle Bones) shows the absurdity, humor and hope of China in this latest portrait of a nation catapulted into the modern world. Opening with an eventful 7,000-mile road trip along the Great Wall across Northern China, the book
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New Chinese Literature

Published November 19th, 2010

New Chinese Literature
Howard Goldblatt, sometimes with his wife and fellow translator Sylvia Li-Chun Lin, have introduced dozens of new authors — a who’s who of contemporary Chinese literature. Their translations include Mo Yan’s searing Red Sorghum, Alai’s Red Poppies and Wolf Totem, a Longitude best of 2008. We’re featuring their latest, a modern translation of Lao She’s
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