Category: Columbia University Press
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “From Silence to Sound: Kaori Laiβs Microhistorical Poetics of the White Terror” by Serena De Marchi Kaori Lai (author), Sylvia Li-chun Lin and Howard Goldblatt (translators), Portraits in White, Columbia…
![[REVIEW] “From Silence to Sound: Kaori Laiβs Microhistorical Poetics of the White Terror” by Serena De Marchi](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/portraits-in-white-by-kaori-lai.png?w=1024)
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Afterlives. Satoru Hashimoto, Afterlives of Letters: The Transnational Origins of Modern Literature in China, Japan, and Korea, Columbia University Press,…
![[REVIEW] βThe Power of Multilingual Inquiry: Mapping Intra-Asian Relations Beyond BinariesβSatoru Hashimotoβs π΄ππ‘πππππ£ππ ππ πΏππ‘π‘πππ β by Jennifer Junwa Lau](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/afterlives-of-letters-the-transnational-origins-of-modern-literature-in-china-japan-and-korea.jpg?w=1000)
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπRETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Robin Visser, Questioning Borders: Ecoliteratures of China and Taiwan, Columbia University Press, 2023. 352 pgs. In recent years, the escalating global urgency surrounding ecological crises has prompted renewed…
![[REVIEW] βRelational Ecologies and the Displacement of Borders: Reading Visser’s Sinophone Environmental Imaginaryβ by Sonalika Chaturvedi](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/questioning-borders-ecoliteratures-of-china-and-taiwan-columbia-university-press.jpg?w=1000)
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Donald Keene, The First Modern Japanese: The Life of Ishikawa Takuboku, Columbia University Press, 2016. 288 pgs. At the age of fifteen, I first encountered the Chinese translation of…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βA Poetβs Most Unvarnished Desires and Defeats: Donald Keeneβs πβπ πΉπππ π‘ ππππππ π½ππππππ πβ by Jiahe Chen](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the-first-modern-japanese-the-life-of-ishikawa-takuboku-2.jpg?w=1000)
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Yao-Chang Chen (author), Pao-Fang Hsu, Ian Maxwell, and Tung-Jung Chen (translators), Puppet Flower: A Novel of 1867 Formosa. Columbia University Press, 2023, 298 pgs. The American servicemen are in…
![[REVIEW] βSend in the Marines: Yao-Chang Chenβs ππ’ππππ‘ πΉπππ€ππβby Jeff Tompkins](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/puppet-flower-a-novel-of-1867-formosa.jpg?w=972)
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Table for One. Yun Ko-eun (author), Lizzie Buehler (translator), Table for One: Stories, Columbia University Press, 2024. 280 pgs. Columbia University Press releases a thrilling…
![[REVIEW] “Original and Surreal: Yun Ko-eun’s πππππ πππ πππ” by Jack Greenberg](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/yun-ko-eun_table-for-one.png?w=1024)
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Β π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSΒ π RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMΒ Chβoe MyΕngik (author), Janet Poole (translator), Patterns of the Heart and Other Stories, Columbia University Press, 2024. 278 pgs. If you go into any branch of Kyobo,…
![[REVIEW] “To Experience A World That No Longer Exists: Chβoe MyΕngik’s πππ‘π‘ππππ ππ π‘βπ π»ππππ‘” by Jack Greenberg](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/patterns-of-the-heart-1.jpg?w=966)
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πΒ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπΒ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS ClickΒ HERE to readΒ all entries inΒ ChaΒ onΒ Table for One. Yun Ko-eun (author), Lizzie Buehler (translator),Β Table for One: Stories, Columbia University Press, 2024. 280 pgs. This series of short stories by Yun…
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Tanizaki JunβichirΕ (author), Anthony H. Chambers & Paul McCarthy (translators), Longing and Other Stories, Columbia University Press, 2022. 145 pgs. Tanizaki JunβichirΕβs Longing and Other Stories, translated by Anthony…
![[REVIEW] βClash of Ideas: Tanizaki JunβichirΕ’s πΏππππππ πππ ππ‘βππ ππ‘πππππ ” BY JAMES KIN-PONG AU](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/longing-and-other-stories_cha.png?w=1024)
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Dung Kai-cheung (author), Bonnie S. McDougall and Anders Hansson (translators), A Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On, Columbia University Press, 2022. 218 pgs. First published in…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βAesthetics of Obsolescence: Dung Kai-cheungβs π΄ πΆππ‘ππππ ππ ππ’πβ ππ‘π’ππ ππ π·πππππ π΄ππ ππππ ππ” by Jennifer Eagleton](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/a-catalog-of-such-stuff-as-dreams-are-made-on_cha-banner.png?w=1024)
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{Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Perhat Tursun (author), Darren Byler and Anonymous (translators), The Backstreets: A Novel from Xinjiang, Columbia University Press, 2022. 168 pgs. A man leaves an office in ΓrΓΌmqi, and starts walking. The sun…
![[REVIEW] “A Psychoanalytical Auto-fictional Biography of a City: Perhat Tursun’s πβπ π΅ππππ π‘ππππ‘π ” by Serena De Marchi](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/the-backstreets-perhat-tursun.png?w=1024)
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] βDivination, Philosophy, and Change: The Original Meaning of the Yijing: Commentary on the Scripture of Changeβ by Tim Murphy Zhu Xi (author), Joseph A. Adler (translator and editor), The Original…
![[REVIEW] βDivination, Philosophy, and Change: πβπ ππππππππ πππππππ ππ π‘βπ Yijing: πΆππππππ‘πππ¦ ππ π‘βπ ππππππ‘π’ππ ππ πΆβππππβ by Tim Murphy](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/original-meaning-of-the-yijing-zhu-xi-joseph-a-adler.png?w=1024)
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πΒ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπΒ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Simon Wickhamsmith (translator),Β Suncranes and Other Stories: Modern Mongolian Short Fiction, Columbia University Press, 2021. 296 pgs. As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to disrupt international travel, entry into Mongolia remains…
![[REVIEW] “A Glimpse into Mongolia: ππ’πππππππ πππ ππ‘βππ ππ‘πππππ ” by Sarah KΓΆksal](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/suncranes-and-other-stories_cha-review.png?w=1024)
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{Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Tsering DΓΆndrup (author), Christopher Peacock (translator), The Handsome Monk and Other Stories, Columbia University Press, 2019. 216 pgs. Tsering DΓΆndrupβs The Handsome Monk and Other Stories shows that literatures from less visible…
![[REVIEW] “Noir Fables of Tibet: Tsering DΓΆndrupβs πβπ π»ππππ πππ ππππ πππ ππ‘βππ ππ‘πππππ ” by Michael Tsang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/the-handsome-monk-and-other-stories_asian-cha.png?w=1024)
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{Written by Tim Murphy, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] βCanonical Stories, Replacement Texts: A Review of The Japanese Discovery of Chinese…
![[REVIEW] βCanonical Stories, Replacement Texts: A Review of πβπ π½ππππππ π π·ππ πππ£πππ¦ ππ πΆβππππ π πΉπππ‘πππβ by Tim Murphy](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/william-c.-hedberg-the-japanese-discovery-of-chinese-fiction.jpeg?w=870)
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Layered Spaces: A Review of Chi Ta-wei’sΒ The Membranes” by Serena De Marchi Chi Ta-wei (author), Ari Larissa Heinrich (translator),Β The Membranes, Columbia University Press, 2021. 168 pgs. Chi Ta-weiβs classic of…
![[REVIEW] “Layered Spaces: A Review of Chi Ta-wei’sΒ πβπ πππππππππ ” by Serena De Marchi](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/layered-spaces-a-review-of-chi-ta-weis-the-membranes-1.png?w=1024)
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{Written by James Au Kin-Pong, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Minae Mizumura (author), Juliet Winters Carpenter (translator; in collaboration with the author), An I-Novel, Columbia University Press, 2021. 325 pgs.…
![[REVIEW] “Pursuing Her Japanese Identity: A Review of Minae Mizumura’s An I-Novel” by James Au Kin-Pong](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/an-i-novel-minae-mizumura-cha-an-asian-literary-journal.png?w=1024)
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{Written by Chase Michael Greenfield, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Quan Manh Ha and Joseph Babcock (translators and editors), Other Moons: Vietnamese Short Stories of the American War and Its…
![[REVIEW] βWhat We Never Carried Back: A Review of Vietnamese Stories in ππ‘βππ πππππ ” by Chase Michael Greenfield](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/other-moons-vietnamese-short-stories.png?w=1024)
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{Written by Michael Tsang, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Amy L. Atchison and Shauna L. Shames, Survive and Resist: The Definitive Guide to Dystopian Politics, Columbia University Press, 2019.…
![[REVIEW] “Not Definitive: A Review of Survive and Resist: The Definitive Guide to Dystopian Politics” by Michael Tsang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/survide-and-resist_amy-l-atchison-shauna-l-shames.jpg?w=1024)
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[REVIEW] “Iterationβs Itineraries: A Review of Jacob Edmond’s Make It the Same” by Vincenz Serrano
{Written by Vincenz Serrano, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Jacob Edmond, Make It the Same: Poetry in the Age of Global Media, Columbia University Press, 2019. 360 pgs. In…
![[REVIEW] “Iterationβs Itineraries: A Review of Jacob Edmond’s Make It the Same” by Vincenz Serrano](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/make-it-the-same-poetry-in-the-age-of-global-media-jacob-edmond-1.jpg?w=1024)
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Abstract Hong Kong has long been depicted as a trading gateway between China and the rest of the world, to the profit of all three parties. Dung Kai-cheung θ£ε―η« , one of Hong Kongβs most highly regarded novelists, reveals ways in which…
![[EXCLUSIVE] “Recollecting a moment in time: Reflections on Dung Kai-cheungβs πβπ πΆππ‘ππππ” by Bonnie S. McDougall](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dung-kai-cheung.jpg?w=800)
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{Written by James Au Kin-pong, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Steven D. Carter, How to Read a Japanese Poem, Columbia University Press, 2019. 317 Pgs. How to Read a…
![[REVIEW] “A Diversity of Poems: A review of Steven D. Carter’s π»ππ€ π‘π π
πππ π π½ππππππ π ππππ” by James Au Kin-pong](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/how-to-read-a-japanese-poem-1.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Kathy Yanbin Cai, this review is part of Issue 44 (June/July 2019) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Mingwei Song and Theodore Huters (editors), The Reincarnated Giant: Twenty-First-Century Chinese Science Fiction, Columbia University Press, 2018.…
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πππππππππ‘ππ πΊππππ‘: ππ€πππ‘π¦-πΉπππ π‘-πΆπππ‘π’ππ¦ πΆβππππ π πππππππ πΉπππ‘πππ” by Kathy Yanbin Cai](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/reincarnated-giant.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Michael Ka-chi Cheuk, this review is part of Issue 43 (April 2019) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Gao Xingjian (author), Gilbert C. F. Fong (translator), Wandering Mind and Metaphysical Thoughts, The Chinese University Press,…
![[REVIEW] “The Hedgehog and the Worm: Gao Xingjian’s πππππππππ ππππ πππ πππ‘ππβπ¦π ππππ πβππ’πβπ‘π ” by Michael Ka-chi Cheuk](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/gao-xingjian.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Aurelio Asiain, this review is part of Issue 43 (April 2019) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Gergana Ivanova, Unbinding The Pillow Book: The Many Lives of a Japanese Classic, Columbia University Press, 2018. 240…
![[Review] “An Incessantly Growing, Proliferating, Echoing Book: Gergana Ivanova’s πππππππππ πβπ ππππππ€ π΅πππ” by Aurelio Asiain](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/unbinding-the-pillow-book-1.jpg?w=1024)
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