April / China Reading Poll

[Aiculík]

I nominate Love in the Fallen City and Other Stories by Eileen Chang.

She is considered to be one of the greatest Chinese authors of the 20th century, and her short stories to be real masterpieces. I've never read anything by her, but I heard only positive critics. Most of her tales are about love - or rather, problems between men and women, slightly pessimistic, but lyrical and sensitive.

[tractatus]

I propose Gao Xingjian's short stories compiled in the volume entitled Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather (some translations carry the name A Fishing Rod for My Grandpa).

I Second this. or Soul Mountain.

[Scheherazade]

Nominations so far:

1. Red Dust: A Path Through China by Ma Jian

2. Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio by Pu Songling

3. Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather by Gao Xingjian

4. Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian

5. Love in the Fallen City and Other Stories by Eileen Chang.


I would like to nominate Wild Swans by Jung Chang.

[Niamh]

damn scher! thats the only one i know!

[Scheherazade]

Then you can vote for come voting time?

[Niamh]

of course! I think we have that in work so i can pick it up quite easily. (I've temp- banned myself from amazon. cc bill came! )

[superunknown]

Wild Swans by Jung Chang. Or maybe even Mao: The Unknown Story by the same author if you wouldn't mind a biography. It is an amazing book though. Most people don't really know that much about Mao, and this is the first authoritative biography of him.

[Oniw17]

The Wandering Taoist by Deng Ming-dao. I've read some of his other books and this one looks interesting. Apparently it's taoist philosophy in story form.

[Scheherazade]

Nominations so far:

1. Red Dust: A Path Through China by Ma Jian

2. Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio by Pu Songling

3. Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather by Gao Xingjian

4. Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian

5. Love in the Fallen City and Other Stories by Eileen Chang.

6. Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang

7. Wild Swans by Jung Chang

8. The Wandering Taoist by Deng Ming-dao

Last two nominations are up for grabs!

[Hayfa Qahtani]

hello ,
i would like
7. Wild Swans by Jung Chang


i am not sure if its okay for me to vote , forgive me am a new member

[_JadeRain_]

The Joy Luck Club -Amy Tan

[NickAdams]

The Joy Luck Club -Amy Tan

Amy Tan is a born and bred American.

[Scheherazade]

hello ,
i would like
7. Wild Swans by Jung Chang


i am not sure if its okay for me to vote , forgive me am a new member

We are not starting the poll till March so you can increase your post count by that time and vote as well

The Joy Luck Club -Amy Tan

As Nick mentioned, Amy Tan is an American author.

[alongjourney]

This author was born in China, spent most of his life in China, and has an international reputation. He had deep understanding about Chinese's patriotism, religion, history, love, bitterness against Japan, etc.

This book, a materpiece of his, reveals "the turbulent events in China from 1900 to 1938, including the Boxer Rebellion, the Republican Revolution of 1911, the Warlord Era, the rise of nationalism and communism, and the origins of the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945".It had been adapted into a popular TV show a couple of years ago.

I recommend this book. If you want to learn more, just wikipedia it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_in_Peking

[NickAdams]

Maybe it's just me, but I don't think the men would like Wild Swans. It's about three generations of women. I know some men would, I just mean in general and if it's chosen, they should be prepared to read a book about women, from the perspective of women. Then, maybe I'm being too picky. It doesn't matter. Everyone can vote for whatever they want to vote for.

I wouldn't mind a story for women by women, unless it was on Lifetime, but the synopsis doesn't interest me.