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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Ma Jian speaks at the London Book Fair
“I am happy that the British Council is co-operating, is setting up some kind of a dialogue with China, this is a start. But what makes me disappointed is that within this dialogue you will not hear any mention of … Continue reading
Posted in Other books
Tagged beijing coma, British Council, fiona drew, GAPP, london book fair, ma jian, red dust
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More Babel
From V: The trek hadn’t been under way more than an hour before one of the blacks began to complain about his feet. They were bleeding, he said. His overseer brought Firefly close in and looked: so they were. Hardly … Continue reading
Posted in Other books, Translation
Tagged babel, colonialism, herero, nama, pynchon, tower of Babel, v
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