[𝐍𝐄𝐖 Cha: An Asian Literary Journal 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖] Hui-Hua Lu on Hiro Arikawa's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐶𝑎𝑡 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑠, tr. from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel: "The story begins with a stray cat who sleeps on the bonnet of a silver van in a car park." chajournal.blog/2024/08/29/tra…

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◉ 𝐿𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 21𝑠𝑡 𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑦 By Kim Fu "In the twelve unforgettable tales of 𝐿𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 21𝑠𝑡 𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑦,the strange is made familiar & the familiar strange[.]" chbooks.com/Books/L/Lesser…

◉ 𝐼𝑑𝑜𝑙, 𝐵𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 By Rin Usami, translated by Asa Yoneda "A blistering novel of fame, disconnection, obsession, and disillusion by a young writer[.] harpercollins.com/products/idol-…

And, finally, if sci-fi from China's your thing, you'll surely enjoy my slightly massive 3 Body essay, lovingly published by Cha: An Asian Literary Journal 💧 chajournal.blog/2024/04/29/3-b…

"He jokes that Jeremy Tiang, his translator, speaks better Mandarin than he, then demonstrates his love for local vernaculars and a suspicion of “official registers,” of which Mandarin is exemplary." guernicamag.com/shuang-xuetao-…

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 Cha: An Asian Literary Journal 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖] Kammy Lee reviews Shuang Xuetao's 𝑅𝑜𝑢𝑔𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑡 (Metropolitan Books),tr. Jeremy Tiang: "... shedding light on the ways these afflicted ones cling onto hope when their situation has yet to take a turn for the better". chajournal.blog/2024/09/06/rou…

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 Cha: An Asian Literary Journal 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖] Kammy Lee on Shuang Xuetao's 𝑅𝑜𝑢𝑔𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑡 (Metropolitan Books), tr. Jeremy Tiang: "Shuang invites us to join him in tracing the imprints of the northeastern past that might otherwise fade into oblivion." chajournal.blog/2024/09/06/rou…。。。。。

You can now download the three books in the Visions of Taiwan series for free. "Each story contains its own perspective about what makes life worth living in Taiwan, told with humor and depth." amazon.com/dp/B0DB4SJXNR

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 Cha: An Asian Literary Journal 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖] Jennifer Anne Eagleton reviews 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑢𝑛 (2023), directed by Pawo Choyning Dorji: / The film poses the question of whether “political freedom” is worth the cost of familial or social discord. / chajournal.blog/2024/09/06/the…

Jennifer Eagleton: "As one who has studied and written about democracy & democratisation in HK and the constraints on its 'full flowering' in the city, this film gives me mixed feelings abt whether the Bhutanese should have democracy “imposed” on them[.]" chajournal.blog/2024/09/06/the…

Mike Fu's debut novel 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑒, abt "a journey through New York City, Shanghai, and other places real and imagined", will be published in Oct 2024 by Tin House. It’s about a bartender and his tribulations in friendship and in love over ten yrs. tinhouse.com/book/masquerad…