STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Zhihua Shen and Yafeng Xia (Columbia University Press, 2018) For information from the publisher, please click here. Today, the People’s Republic of China is North Korea’s only ally on the world stage, a tightly knit relationship that goes back decades. Both countries portray their partnership as one of “brotherly affection” based on … [Read more...]
Fu Ping: A Novel
WEATHERHEAD BOOKS ON ASIA Wang Anyi. Fu Ping: A Novel Translated by Howard Goldblatt (2019) Nainai has lived in Shanghai for many years, and the time has come to find a wife for her adopted grandson. But when the bride she has chosen arrives from the countryside, it soon becomes clear that the orphaned girl has ideas of her own. Her name is Fu Ping, and the … [Read more...]
Making Two Vietnams: War and Youth Identities, 1965–1975
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Olga Dror (Cambridge University Press, 2019) For information from the publisher, please click here. North and South Vietnamese youths had very different experiences of growing up during the Vietnamese War. The book gives a unique perspective on the conflict through the prism of adult-youth relations. By studying these relations, … [Read more...]
Sacred Cesium Ground and Isa’s Deluge
WEATHERHEAD BOOKS ON ASIA Kimura Yūsuke. Sacred Cesium Ground and Isa's Deluge: Two Novellas of Japan's 3/11 Disaster Translated by Doug Slaymaker (2018) "Kimura pulls the reader into the irradiated zone where residents struggle for justice against a government that treats them as disposable as the cattle they illegally tend. Sacred Cesium asks tough questions: What will … [Read more...]
The Reincarnated Giant: An Anthology of Twenty-First-Century Chinese Science Fiction
WEATHERHEAD BOOKS ON ASIA The Reincarnated Giant: An Anthology of Twenty-First-Century Chinese Science Fiction Edited by Mingwei Song and Theodore Huters (2018) "Science fiction is the most important literary phenomenon in twenty-first-century China. In a culture dominated by realism of various brands throughout the twentieth century, the surge of science fiction in the … [Read more...]
