Tamara McCombe

Tamara graduated from the University of Sheffield with a degree in Chinese Studies where she studied modern Chinese literature and specialised in the history of modern Chinese fashion. She has acted internationally as a freelance journalist reporting on Chinese designers working in and outside China as well as helping international fashion houses such as Burberry extend their reach to the Chinese market. Her particular interests regarding China lie in the intersections between the arts, social history and psychology.

Book Reviews by Tamara McCombe

• A Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams are Made On, by Dung Kai-cheung
• Faraway by Lo Yi-Chin
• Whisper, by Chang Yu-ko
• More than One Child, by Shen Yang
• Stories of the Sahara, by Sanmao
• That We May Live: speculative Chinese fiction, by various authors
• Fleeing Xinhe Street, by Zhe Gui
• The Postman, by Bi Yu
• Lotus, by Lijia Zhang
• The Handsome Monk, by Tsering Döndrup
• Goodnight, Rose by Chi Zijian
• Young Babylon by Lu Nei
• The Chilli Bean Paste Clan by Yan Ge
• The Invisible Valley by Su Wei
• Happy Dreams by Jia Pingwa
• The Rainbow of Time by Jimmy Liao
• The Kite Family by Hon Lai-Chu
• Northern Girls by Sheng Keyi
• Crystal Wedding by Xu Xiaobin
• The Civil Servant's Notebook by Wang Xiaofang
• Marrow by Yan Lianke