A Hero Born

By Jin Yong

The Three-Body Problem

By Liu Cixin

I think the parts that I found interesting in this book, Liu Cixin did not. There are some intriguing concepts here, I think alien astronomy during the cultural revolution is a cool setting to explore…but there is a also a...

Red Sorgum

By Mo Yan

There is I think probably a thread of brilliance that winds its way though this novel - but I was rarely quite able to grasp it. I am a bit suspicious of the translation; the writing has a kind of...

China In Ten Words

By Yu Hua

I worry sometimes about my Education. I always thought it was like, pretty good, I got good grades in a wide variety of subjects, but then something like The Cultural Revolution comes to the fore and I am just astonishingly...

The True Story of Ah Q

By Lu Xun