Geling Yan, Author . Hyperion $24.95 (276p) ISBN 978-1-4013-6665-0
Yan, whose short fiction was the basis for the movie Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
, offers a pointed critique of capitalism's rise in her native China. A multifaceted mistaken-identity farce, Yan's novel chronicles the adventures of Dan Dong,
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Yan, who fled her native China after the Tiananmen Square massacre, counts herself part of the "fifth wave" of Chinese immigrants to California. In this potentially intriguing but flatly told novel, she tells the story of a "first wave&#
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Yan Geling, Author, Ko-Ling Yen, Joint Author, Geling Yan, Author Aunt Lute Books $10.95 (183p) ISBN 978-1-879960-55-8
The novella and five stories forming the first English translation of this award-winning Chinese author's work explore the intricacies of male/female relationships, and the possibilities of wondrous, generous and unexpected relationships that defy...
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Geling Yan, trans. from the Chinese by Jeremy Tiang. HarperVia, $23.99 (160p) ISBN 978-0-06-300403-0
Qiao Hongmei, the heroine of this riveting tale of suspense from Yan (The Lost Daughter of Happiness), met Glen, her professor husband, years ago as a student in an English class he was teaching in Beijing. The two are now married and live in...
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