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I'm currently reading Richard Burger's book Behind the Red Door: Sex in China. It is a very interesting look at a subject that is rarely discussed with expats (or anyone else).
Tag Archives: Nobel Prize for Literature
Mo Yan, According to You — Part Two
In the first part of this long post, I took a closer look at Mo Ya’s political choices and explained why many Chinese find him objectionable as a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. At the end, I asked … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese Culture & Language, Current Events
Tagged China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Chinese Writers' Association, CWA, Deng Xiaoping, hallucinatory realism, land reform, Li Changchun, Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out, Liu Xiaobo, Mo Yan, Nobel Committee, Nobel Prize for Literature, Red Sorghum, Zhang Yimou
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Mo Yan, According to You — Part One
The disparaging of Mo Yan began before the Nobel Prize for Literature was announced on October 11 when rumor had it that Mo Yan was this year’s favorite. With the exception of the literarily versed, the criticism wasn’t based on … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese Culture & Language, Current Events
Tagged Bei Ling, Chen Guangcheng, Cui Weiping, Dai Qing, Frankfurt Book Fair, Julia Lovell, Liu Xia, Liu Xiaobo, Mao Zedong, Mo Yan, Nobel Prize for Literature, O'Kane, Qin Hui, Talks at the Yen'an Forum on Literature and Art, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Xu Zhiyong
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Mo Yan, or “Don’t Talk”, Winner of 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature
Readers of my posts here by now should know that I am not a neutral person, and my bias can be very strong. To be perfectly honest with you, I cherish the freedom of not having to pretend otherwise. Below … Continue reading
Seeing Red in China 