pattinka
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Post by pattinka on Apr 6, 2007 12:44:19 GMT -5
Hi:) I'm really interested in china , I'm learning that lovely but hard language^^ I would like to read some chinese authors (not in original well not now;P) do you know some?
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Kristie
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Post by Kristie on Apr 6, 2007 13:20:11 GMT -5
I've never read Chinese authors, but I've read some great books set in China. Would you like to know about good books set in China aside from books by Chinese authors?
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squishy
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Post by squishy on Apr 6, 2007 17:38:38 GMT -5
Hi Pattinka, unfortunately I don't know any chinese authors, but I can recommend a japanese author to you: Haruki Murakami. One of my favourite authors of all time, if not THE favourite author of mine  Just incredible books, particularly "The Wind-up Bird Chronicle". Absolutely great and just genius! |
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Post by Hanna on Apr 6, 2007 18:34:23 GMT -5
I read Jung Chang's Wild Swans, and I really enjoyed it. However, I can't say for sure if the author is Chinese or just writes about China...(kinda embarrasing:S)
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Isa
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Post by Isa on Apr 6, 2007 19:43:45 GMT -5
I don't know many Chinese authors. Of course there's Dan Sijie (Balzac and the little Chinese Seamstress) and I guess Amy Tan (The Joy Luck Club, The Bonesetter's Daughter...) could qualify as a semi-Chinese author?
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Bina
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Post by Bina on Apr 7, 2007 9:15:13 GMT -5
I´m reading War trash by Ha Jin, he´s Chinese but emigrated to the US.
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lindsay
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Post by lindsay on Apr 7, 2007 9:29:14 GMT -5
Amy Tan in great. I read the bonesetter's daughter. I'm pretty sure her books are mostly about being Chinese and American and trying to come to terms with her heritage. Half the bonesetter's daughter is set in China so it might be what you're looking for.
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pattinka
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Post by pattinka on Apr 11, 2007 2:49:28 GMT -5
thank you a lot! so now I'm going to read^-^
and yes I love books that the action is set in Azia:)
if I can recomend that would be french author Margerit Duras "The Lover"...book is amazing...set in 20s in Indochina it's soooo great....short book....you can say novel....but....wonderful
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Blair
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Post by Blair on Apr 11, 2007 11:43:45 GMT -5
I want to read chinese books. I'll check if we have them in our library...
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Post by Lu on Apr 12, 2007 3:13:37 GMT -5
I haven't read many chinese authors or stories set in asia, but I really would like to. And thanks for the suggestion Pattinka, I'll check for book you mentioned.
I've read Balzac and the little Chinese Seamstress by Dan Sijie and I think it's pretty good.
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pattinka
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Post by pattinka on Apr 17, 2007 11:54:33 GMT -5
yes I read little Chinese Seamstress by Dan Sijie it's sooo great^^ and now I'm starting to read "Imperial women" by an american author Pearl S.Buck...it's about he last women imperior in china:)))))))
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Kristie
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Post by Kristie on Apr 17, 2007 15:09:16 GMT -5
Well, this isn't by a Chinese woman, but I loved Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. Also, I liked Distant Land of my Father by Bo Caldwell. It's WWII in China...well, half is set in China, the other in California. It was interesting because I'd never read WWII from China's perspective before.
This isn't a book, but a Chinese movie I watched a few years ago called To Live or Huozhe. It's set 1940s-80s, which is the time of Mao rising to power. It's just a family living. I liked it, but it was hard to watch it, as it is in Chinese with subtitles and was for an English class. It's hard to read subtitles and write notes at the same time But I would recommend watching it.
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