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Tan rules with Virgins

2012-01-06 10:37

The latest work by Amy Tan is a 42-page novella written from the eyes of a courtesan in 1912 Shanghai.

Tan's works

2012-01-06 10:37

An incomplete list of Amy Tan's works.

No pause at menopause

2011-12-09 10:44

A new collection of short stories from Xu Xi focuses on themes close to the author's heart.

Platform for new writing from Asia

2011-12-09 11:09

One of the reasons why the otherwise peripatetic Xu Xi has been living mostly in Hong Kong for the last two years is her commitment to facilitating the rise of new writing from Asia.

Looking to her roots

2011-12-16 07:35

Chinese-American writer Yan Geling has written about various legendary women. Now, she has created a legendary man in Inmate Lu Yanshi.

How a seed grew into Flowers

2011-12-16 07:35

Film director Zhang Yimou says the script of The Flowers of War is the best he's encountered.

Beating the blues

2011-12-02 09:53

An author's work helps her conquer the depression that debilitated her life but inspired her writing.

Adventures in words

2011-11-18 07:40

Huang Nubo has multiple identities - as a businessman, adventurer and a writer. But the 55-year-old Beijing-based Zhongkun Investment Group Co Ltd chairman says he's first and foremost a poet.

She shows the pros of prose

2011-11-11 07:38

Zhang Yali, an editor at the Beijing-based Writers' Publishing House, recalls how she joined her fellow students in a long line, in front of a truck, to obtain a copy of Hsi Mu-jung's first poetry anthology, Common Jasmine Orange.

Removing the thorn from her heart

2011-11-11 07:38

It was 1949, and the ship was about to sail from the mainland to Hong Kong. Hsi Mu-jung, 5, was given a gold ring and a black cotton-padded coat with her name sewn on the inside by her mother. All of her siblings were given the same, and they compared their rings to see whose was bigger.

Bearing the torch

2011-11-04 11:47

Gish Jen, born to immigrant Chinese parents, gives US literary heavyweights a run for their money.

Unleashing his pen by untying his tongue

2011-10-28 08:06

Alai's voyage to become the best-known Tibetan author was anything but smooth sailing - especially navigating the choppy waters of writing outside his mother tongue.

A novel of epic proportions

2011-10-28 08:06

Tibetan author Alai's King Gesar provides easy access to the classic and lengthy adventures of the legendary ruler.

One writer's heavenly mission

2011-10-21 08:07

Mao Dun Literature Prize winner Liu Xinglong has been recognized for his poetic evocation of the bitterness of country life.

From zero to billions

2011-10-14 11:57

Twenty-five chinese artists give readers a glimpse of their lives and of how they work

Literary figure

2011-10-07 11:26

Jo lusby has a knack for picking winners - and for reading the minds of readers, Chinese and Western

Time tells for Chang

2011-09-30 11:47

Eileen Chang's literary career has been a little like her life story - unpredictable and fraught with high drama.

Literary beacon

2011-09-23 11:46

Lu Xun is easily the most recognizable face of 20th century Chinese literature, the world over.

A case is laid to rest

2011-09-16 11:59

In 1937, a young woman'S body was found in beijing. paul french went searching for her killer

Book fair with an orange cover

2011-09-09 15:53

Chinese know about the netherlands' soccer players and Philips, but there is a lot more to the country

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