The Shanghai Literary Review Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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'Intoxicating Shanghai' - An Urban Montage: Art and Literature in Pictorial Magazines During Shanghai's Jazz Age
Paul BevanThe Shanghai Literary ReviewInterested in reviewing any of these for TSLR? 1) Rossella Ferrari’s Transnational Chinese Theatres 2) Paul Bevan’s Intoxicating Shanghai – An Urban Montage 3) Xux Xu’s Bird Talk and Other Stories 4) Fairoz Ahmed’s Interpreter of Winds Contact: tslrbookreviews@gmail.com
Paperback, 2022
$50.00$25.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bitter Melon
Elvis AlvesThe Shanghai Literary ReviewOur poetry co-editor @ninamingya recently started a small press specialising in limited-edition poetry by Asian diaspora poets! It’s called Bitter Melon 苦瓜 @bittermelonpoem and the first two books are available for preorder here: https://t.co/G2kNZpoBm3 https://t.co/2IshyhP5AG
Paperback, 2013
$14.50$7.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Little Reunions
Eileen ChangThe Shanghai Literary ReviewToday is the centennial of Eileen Chang's birthday (1920-2020). Why not take a deep dive into her book 'Little Reunions' with TSLR contributor Carlos Rojas (@DukeKunshan) https://t.co/xddYJXYZJ2 https://t.co/0sj5pfIfhb
Paperback, 2018
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Transnational Chinese Theatres: Intercultural Performance Networks in East Asia
Rossella FerrariThe Shanghai Literary ReviewInterested in reviewing any of these for TSLR? 1) Rossella Ferrari’s Transnational Chinese Theatres 2) Paul Bevan’s Intoxicating Shanghai – An Urban Montage 3) Xux Xu’s Bird Talk and Other Stories 4) Fairoz Ahmed’s Interpreter of Winds Contact: tslrbookreviews@gmail.com
Hardcover, 2020
$89.99$64.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Fu Ping
Anyi WangThe Shanghai Literary ReviewOur reviews editor @brian_haman on Wang Anyi's 'Fu Ping: A Novel" for @BookReviewsAsia @ColumbiaUP https://t.co/18VmbXj1Dc
Paperback, 2019
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Stories of the Sahara
SanmaoThe Shanghai Literary ReviewWe are incredibly proud of our co-founder and translation editor, @tragicsalad Mike Fu, whose English translation of Sanmao's Stories of the Sahara has just been released by @BloomsburyPub . Congratulations Mike, and we can't wait to hear our readers' thoughts on the book! https://t.co/F3RAr0nH7j
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Born and Bred in Myanmar: A Book of Five Short Stories
Moe Moe InyaThe Shanghai Literary Review'She had to depict her characters’ hardship and hopelessness without pointing the finger at the true culprit: the government’s misguided policies and corrupt bureaucracy.' @KennethwongSF reviews 'Born and Bred in Myanmar' by Moe Moe Inya #Myanmar https://t.co/UxR3xgH7Wv
Paperback, 2022
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Roots of Wisdom
Di ZangThe Shanghai Literary ReviewTSLR contributor Eleanor Goodman has won the Hanan Prize from the Association for Asian Studies for her translation of 'The Roots of Wisdom' by Zang Di. https://t.co/kxHcKxa04b Well deserved and congratulations.
Paperback, 2017
$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Three Brothers: Memories of My Family
Yan LiankeThe Shanghai Literary ReviewTSLR's @brian_haman reviews "Three Brothers: Memories of My Family" by Yan Lianke (@ChattoBooks, @groveatlantic) "As it does to our lives at present, death—virulent, episodic, unbidden—haunts Yan Lianke’s memoir 'Three Brothers'. https://t.co/a3kd0pjs5n
Paperback, 2021
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
When the Color Started: Stories
Bradford PhilenThe Shanghai Literary ReviewIssue Five contributor Bradford Philen @BPhilen has a new collection of short stories, When the Color Started, out now from @TailwindsPress ~ https://t.co/yUQhfBrMLu
Paperback, 2020
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