The Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing

Book Reviews

Welcome to the Reading Chinese Book Review Network, a collaboration between Writing Chinese and our partners at Penguin China and Balestier Press. Reviewers who join the network receive a copy of selected titles, and you can read their reviews by clicking on the images below.

If you are interested in applying to join this network as a reviewer, click here for the application form. And to get you started with writing reviews of translated fiction, you can read some tips from leading translator Nicky Harman on our blog here.

If you are a publisher interested in partnering us in this part of the project, please contact us at writingchinese@leeds.ac.uk for more details! And if you are a school interested in setting up a school bookclub, please see our Schools page for more details, and to read reviews of books for young people.

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Lotus by Lijia Zhang

(Henry Holt & Co, 2019)
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The Handsome Monk by Tsering Dhondrup

translated by Christopher Peacock (Columbia University Press, 2019)
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The Borrowed by Chan Ho-kei

translated by Jeremy Tiang (Head of Zeus, 2018)
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Goodnight, Rose by Chi Zijian

translated by Poppy Toland (Penguin Specials, 2018)
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Empires of Dust by Jiang Zilong

translated by Christopher Payne and Olivia Milburn (ACA Publishing, 2019)
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The Chilli Bean Paste Clan by Yan Ge

translated by Nicky Harman (Balestier Press, 2018)
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Wild Fruit by Sheng Keyi

translated by Shelly Bryant (Penguin Viking, 2019)
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Lonely Face by Yeng Pway Ngon

translated by Natascha Bruce (Balestier Press, 2019)
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Petulia's Rouge Tin by Su Tong

Translated by Jane Weizhen Pan and Martin Merz (Penguin Specials, 2018)
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The Ventriloquist's Daughter by Lin Man-Chiu

Translated by Helen Wang (Balestier Press 2017)
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The Invisible Valley by Su Wei

Translated by Austin Woerner (Small Beer Press 2018)
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Young Babylon by Lu Nei

translated by Poppy Toland (Balestier Press, 2015)
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Cantonese Love Stories by Dung Kai-cheung

translated by Bonnie S. McDougall and Anders Hansson (Penguin Specials, 2017)
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Confessions of a Jade Lord by Alat Asem

translated by Bruce Humes and Jun Liu (Aurora Publishing LLC, 2017)
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Unrest by Yeng Pway Ngon

translated by Jeremy Tiang (Balestier Press, 2017)
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Crystal Wedding by Xu Xiaobin

translated by Nicky Harman (Balestier Press, 2016)
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The Kite Family by Hon Lai-chu

translated by Andrea Lingenfelter (East Slope Publishing, 2015)
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Northern Girls by Sheng Keyi

translated by Shelly Bryant (Penguin, 2015)
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The Rainbow of Time by Jimmy Liao

translated by Wang Xinlin and Andrea Lingenfelter (Balestier Press, 2018)
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The Civil Servant's Notebook by Wang Xiaofang

translated by Eric Abrahamsen (Viking, 2015)
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Massage by Bi Feiyu

translated by Howard Goldblatt (Penguin China 2016)
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Masked Dolls by Shih Chiung-Yu

translated by Wang Xinlin and Poppy Toland (Balestier Press, 2016)
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Marrow by Yan Lianke

translated by Carlos Rojas (Penguin China, 2015)
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The Tree Fort on Carnation Lane by Horace Ho

translated by Darryl Sterk (Balestier Press, 2017)
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As Flowers Bloom and Wither by Chang Ying-tai

translated by Florence Woo (Balestier, 2017)
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Flock of Brown Birds by Ge Fei

translated by Poppy Toland (Penguin China, 2016)
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Again I see the Gaillardias by Li Tong

translated by Brandon Yen (Balestier Press, 2016)
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Radish by Mo Yan

translated by Howard Goldblatt (Penguin, 2015)
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Happy Dreams by Jia Pingwa

translated by Nicky Harman (Amazon Crossing, 2017)
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State of Emergency by Jeremy Tiang

(Epigram Books, 2017)
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