Category: reviews of translations
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πRETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπRETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Strange Beasts. Yan Ge (author) and Jeremy Tiang (translator), Strange Beasts of China, Tilted Axis Press, 2020. 314 pgs. Strange Beasts of China begins with a…
![[REVIEW] “Asymmetric and Unexpected: A Review of ππ‘πππππ π΅πππ π‘π ππ πΆβπππ” by Ari Santiago](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/strange-beasts-of-china-1.png?w=1024)
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πRETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπRETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Strange Beasts. Yan Ge (author) and Jeremy Tiang (translator), Strange Beasts of China, Tilted Axis Press, 2020. 314 pgs. Each of the stories in Yan Geβs…
![[REVIEW] “The Unconcealed Rebellion, Cynicism, Bravery and Romanticism of Being Painfully Young: Yan Ge’s ππ‘πππππ π΅πππ π‘π ππ πΆβπππ” by Jacqueline Leung](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/strange-beasts-of-china.png?w=1024)
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{Written by Ash Dean, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Lan Lan (author), Fiona Sze-Lorrain (translator), Canyon in the Body, Zephyr Press, 2014. 208 pgs. Carrying, unzipping, stuffing, rezipping, Stowingβ I am…
![[REVIEW] “Fine Lines of Meteorology: Lan Lan’s πΆπππ¦ππ ππ π‘βπ π΅ππ𦔠by Ash Dean](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lan-lan_canyon-in-the-body_fiona-sze-lorrain.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Brian Haman, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Dai Congrong and Jin Li (editors), The Book of Shanghai: A City in Short Fiction, Comma Press, 2020. 150 pgs.…
![[REVIEW] “An Ever-present Labyrinth: Reviewing The Book of Shanghai” by Brian Haman](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/book-of-shanghai-a-city-in-short-fiction.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Cyril Camus, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “The Fox Spirit of Bluestone Mountain: Female Force, Bridges from…
![[REVIEW] “πβπ πΉππ₯ ππππππ‘ ππ π΅ππ’ππ π‘πππ πππ’ππ‘πππ: Female Force, Bridges from Zhiguai to Novel, and a Royal Rumble of Myth” by Cyril Camus](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/the-fox-spirit-of-bluestone-mountain-zou-tao-translated-by-timothy-gouldthorp.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by David W. Landrum, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Wu Sheng (author), John Balcom (translator). My Village: Selected Poems 1972-2014, Zephyr Press, 2020. 188 pgs. Poets ancient and modern,…
![[REVIEW] “Land, Plants, Weather, and People: The Poetry of Wu Sheng” by David W. Landrum](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/wu-sheng_my-village-selected-poems.jpg?w=1024)
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{Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Ya Shi (author), Nick Admussen (translator), Floral Mutter, Jintian Series of Contemporary Chinese Poetry, Zephyr Press, 2020. 136 pgs.βPlease believe that the rays of light at nightfall have damp / antennae,β urges…
![[REVIEW] “On a Haunted Train: Reading Ya Shiβs πΉπππππ ππ’π‘π‘ππ in Nick Admussenβs Translation” by Joanna Krenz](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/floral-mutter_ya-shi_nick-admussen.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Cyril Camus, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “The Flock of Ba-Hui: Lovecraftβs New England Nightmares Meet the…
![[REVIEW] “πβπ πΉππππ ππ π΅π-π»π’π: Lovecraftβs New England Nightmares Meet the Mythical Geography of China” by Cyril Camus](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/the-flock-of-ba-hui-and-other-stories-1.jpg?w=959)
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{Written by David W. Landrum, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Translated and with commentary by Frederik H. Green. Bird Talk and Other Stories by Xu Xu: Modern Tales of…
![[REVIEW] “Not Paranormal Thrillers: Bird Talk and Other Stories by Xu Xu” by David W. Landrum](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/book-talk-and-other-stories-by-xu-xu-1.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Phill Provance, this review is part of Issue 46 (March/April 2020) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Chris Song (author), Tammy Lai-Ming Ho, Lucas Klein and Chris Song (translators), Rifle and Lily, Musical Stone Publishing,…
![[REVIEW] “Found in Translations: Chris Song’s Rifle and Lily” by Phill Provance](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/rifle-and-lily_cha-an-asian-literary-journal_chris-song.jpg?w=911)
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{Written by Akin Jeje, this review is part of Issue 45 (January/February 2020) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Bei Dao (author), Ted Huters and Feng-ying Ming (translators), Blue House, Zephyr Press, 2000. 262 pgs. First published…
![[Review] “Extended Musings: Bei Dao’s Blue House” by Akin Jeje](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/bei-dao_blue-house.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Danielle Karanjeet J. de Feo-Giet, this review is part of Issue 45 (January/February 2020) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Song Lin (author), Jami Proctor Xu (translator), Sunday Sparrows, Jintian Series of Contemporary Chinese Poetry,…
![[REVIEW] “A Poet of Contrast in New Translation: Song Lin’s Sunday Sparrows in Jami Proctor Xu’s Translation” by Danielle Karanjeet J. de Feo-Giet](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/sunday-sparrows_cha.png?w=857)
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{Written by May Huang, this review is part of Issue 44 (June/July 2019) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Mi Jialu (author), Jennifer Feeley, Matt Turner, Haiying Weng, Lucas Klein, Michael Day, and Feng Yi (translators), Deep…
![[Review] “Songs of the Seasons: Mi Jialu’s Deep Breaths” by May Huang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/deep-breaths.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by David W. Landrum, this review is part of Issue 44 (June/July 2019) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Mao Xiang (author), Jan Fang and Lifang He (translators), The Romance of a Literatus and his Concubine…
![[REVIEW] “Love Among the Ruins: πβπ π
ππππππ ππ π πΏππ‘ππππ‘π’π πππ βππ πΆππππ’ππππ ππ πππ£πππ‘ππππ‘β-πΆπππ‘π’ππ¦ πΆβπππ” by David W. Landrum](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/the-romance-of-a-literatus-and-his-concubine-in-seventeenth-century-china-1.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by David Haysom, this review is part of Issue 44 (June/July 2019) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Can Xue (author), Annelise Finegan Wasmoen (translator), Love in the New Millennium, Yale University Press, 2018. 288 pgs.…
![[REVIEW] “Delightful Absurdities: Can Xue’s πΏππ£π ππ π‘βπ πππ€ πππππππππ’π” by David Haysom](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/new-love.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 DragoΕ Ilca, this review is part of Issue 43 (April 2019) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Sheng Keyi (author), Shelly Bryant (translator), Wild Fruit, Penguin, 2018. 350 pgs. Wild Fruit is split into three…
![[REVIEW] “Building It Up So That It May Fall Again: Sheng Keyi’s ππππ πΉππ’ππ‘” by DragoΕ Ilca](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/wild-fruit-sheng-keyi-review.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Claire Cuccio, this review is part of Issue 43 (April 2019) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Makoto Εoka (author), Janine Beichman (translator), Beneath the Sleepless Tossing of the Planets: Selected Poems, Kurodahan Press, 2018.…
![[Review] “Poetry Universe: Makoto Εoka’s Beneath the Sleepless Tossing of the Planets: Selected Poems” by Claire Cuccio](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/beneath-the-sleepless_cha-review.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Carolyn Lau, this review is part of Issue 43 (April 2019) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} βΒ Huang Lihai (author), Kit Kelen and Chris Song (translators), feed birds rainbows, ASM and Cerberus Press, 2014. 132…
![[REVIEW] “On Three Bilingual Pocket Books by Poet-travellers” by Carolyn Lau](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/three-bilingual-books.png?w=1024)
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{Written by Ilaria Maria Sala, this review is part of Issue 43 (April 2019) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Quelling the Demons’ Revolt: A Novel from Ming China, Luo Guanzhong (attributed author) Patrick Hanan (translator), Columbia…
![[REVIEW] “My Kind of Demons: ππ’ππππππ π‘βπ π·πππππ ’ π
ππ£πππ‘: π΄ πππ£ππ ππππ ππππ πΆβπππ” by Ilaria Maria Sala](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/a-novel-from-ming-china.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Jason S Polley, this review is part of Issue 43 (April 2019) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} πΒ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπΒ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Yi T’aejun (author), Janet Poole (translator),…
![[Review] “Deep down he felt a little jealous of his own writing; or, time never passes as quickly as when holding a penβYi T’aejun’s π·π’π π‘ πππ ππ‘βππ ππ‘πππππ ” by Jason S Polley](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dust-and-other-stories_asian-cha.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Grace Chia, this review is part of Issue 42 (January 2019) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Liu Yiqing (compiler), ZhenJun Zhang (editor and translator), Hidden and Visible Realms: Early Medieval Chinese Tales of the…
![[Review] “Hidden and Visible Realms: Early Medieval Chinese Tales of the Supernatural and the Fantastic” by Grace Chia](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Hidden-and-Visible-Realms-1.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Michael Tsang, this review is part of Issue 42 (January 2019) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} TarΕ Naka (author), Andrew Houwen and Chikako Nihei (translators), Music: Selected Poems, Isobar Press, 2018. 138 pgs. TarΕ…
![[REVIEW] “Take on the Challenge: TarΕ Naka’s ππ’π ππ: ππππππ‘ππ πππππ ” by Michael Tsang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Music_Selected-Poems.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Daryl Lim Wei Jie, this review is part of Issue 42 (January 2019) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Yang Mu (author), Michelle Yeh (editor), Hawk of the Mind: Collected Poems, Columbia University Press, 2018.…
![[REVIEW] “Yang Mu’s Hawk of the Mind: Collected Poems” by Daryl Lim Wei Jie](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/hawk-of-the-mind1.jpg?w=900)
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{Written by James Au Kin-Pong, this review is part of Issue 42 (January 2019) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Jun’ichirΕ Tanizaki (author), Phyllis I. Lyons (translator), In Black and White, Columbia University Press, 2018. 256 pgs.…
![[REVIEW] “Between Fiction and Reality: Jun’ichirΕ Tanizaki’s In Black and White” by James Au Kin-Pong](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/in-black-and-white1.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Susan Blumberg-Kason, this rejoinder is part of Issue 42 (January 2019) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Editors’ note: Read Susan Blumberg-Kason’s review of Eileen Chang’s Little Reunions here and Jane Weizhen Pan and Martin Merz’s response…
![[Review] “Letter to the Editors” by Susan Blumberg-Kason](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/little-reunionse28094cha.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Jane Weizhen Pan and Martin Merz, this rejoinder is part of Issue 42 (January 2019) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Editors’ note: Read Susan Blumberg-Kason’s review of Eileen Chang’s Little Reunions here and her response to…
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{Written by Paoi Wilmer, this review is part of Issue 42 (January 2019) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Chi Pang-yuan (author), John Balcom (translator), The Great Flowing River: A Memoir of China, from Manchuria to Taiwan,…
![[REVIEW] “Chi Pang-yuan’s πβπ πΊππππ‘ πΉπππ€πππ π
ππ£ππ: π΄ ππππππ ππ πΆβπππ, ππππ ππππβπ’πππ π‘π ππππ€ππ” by Paoi Wilmer](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/the-great-flowing-river1.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Maialen Marin-Lacarta, this review is part of Issue 42 (December 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Aili Mu (translator and editor) with Mike Smith (contributor), Contemporary Chinese Short-Short Stories: A Parallel Text, Columbia University…
![[REVIEW] “Spreading the Genre: A review of πΆπππ‘ππππππππ¦ πΆβππππ π πβπππ‘-πβπππ‘ ππ‘πππππ ” by Maialen Marin-Lacarta](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cha_review_contemporary-chinese-short-short-stories.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Susan Blumberg-Kason, this review is part of Issue 42 (January 2019) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Editors’ note: Read a response from the translators of Little Reunions, Jane Weizhen Pan and Martin Merz here and…
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