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"Li Juan resembles no one as much as Sanmao, another Chinese writer who wrote of her time in a different desert a generation earlier. And like Sanmao, Li Juan is both self-deprecating and, when she wants to be, quite funny..." https://t.co/iFddjoaILN
In this week's podcast, Julia Lovell discusses her new translation of "Journey to the West": its story, characters, and history, before and after publication of the 1592 novel and how the Monkey King has had an impact on popular culture far beyond China. https://t.co/QnY1OnaysL
"Snow's illustrations are rich in color and detail. She makes use of the early morning setting to work in a palette of purples and blues, with the golden sun glimmering over the water." ~ Melanie Ho reviews "The Ocean Calls: A Haenyeo Mermaid Story" https://t.co/ESsumoOUSZ
"timely and crucial" ~ graphic memoir "Year of the Rabbit" by Tian Veasna https://t.co/TA36EVqYaq
New Book Announcement: “The Complete Story of Sadako Sasaki and the Thousand Paper Cranes” by Sue DiCicco and Masahiro Sasaki (@TuttleBooks) https://t.co/3l7jJfz8Kq
"Beautiful additions to Nicolas Bouvier's select English-language oeuvre, pieces to be read carefully and returned to many times over" https://t.co/r08CSNQzIx