BOOKS
The Year in Reads: Books of 2024
A roundup of 2024’s notable books and translations by Chinese, expat, and diaspora authors
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BOOKS
Stories From Toon Street: Su Tong’s Latest Short Story Collection Reviewed
An imaginary Chinese village during the reform and opening up era, with its oft-referenced “Toon Street,” is vividly depicted in a newly translated s…
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What Comes After the Pigs? | Short Story
During a rural Chinese family reunion after the Lunar New Year, a man and his pigs became the unexpected center of attention
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Casa Batlló | Short Story
A tale of migration and missed connections by Chinese author Zhang Wanhe
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Red and White | Short Story
Cheng Huizi tells a heartfelt story of the love between mother and daughter in a society that often values sons more highly
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Threads in the Cosmos | Short Story
Author Tang Fei spins a yarn about alien sheep and intergalactic ties that bind
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Elastic Girls | Short Story
A tale of Old Shanghai, fluid identities, and the unreliability of memory
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Flight | Short Story
In this short story from established sci-fi author Chi Hui, the human race dreams of flight against the wishes of aggressive, legalistic alien overlo…
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Spring Days Past | Short Story
In Shen Shuzhi’s depiction of waning village life, a “left-behind” child comes to terms with loneliness growing up with his grandmother
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Epidemic | Short Story
As a mysterious illness ravages the population, one youngster goes on a journey in search of the terrible truth
