Review of I Am a Cat by Soseki Natsume (translated by Aiko Ito and Graeme Wilson)
This “review” consists of some quotes from the book and explanations for why I chose them.
Reviews
Review of The Art of War by Sun Tzu (translated by Lionel Giles)
I’d bet far more people have heard of this influential Chinese classic than have read it.
Review of China in Ten Words by Yu Hua (translated by Allan H. Barr)
Yu Hua’s book is organized around ten words, but the ten essays in the book aren’t necessarily about the words themselves. They’re about the author’s experiences in the context of Chinese society as it changed and developed around him.
Review of Dreaming in Chinese by Deborah Fallows
This is a short, entertaining, accessible book on an interesting topic.
Review and Summary of Arrival (2016 movie)
Quibble how you will about inaccuracies in the depiction of linguistics, the fact that Hollywood deigns to depict a linguist at all is nice.
Review of The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (translated by Ken Liu)
It’s as if Kafka decided to write a book with Carl Sagan, M.C. Escher, and the author of Flatland, and set it in China.
Review of Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (translated by a commitee)
There must be better translations out there. I just read the free one from Gutenberg.