Five Spice Street by Can Xue

Five Spice Street

Can Xue with Karen Gernant (Translator), Zeping Chen (Translator)

352 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction funny slow-paced
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Five Spice Street tells the story of a street in an unnamed city whose inhabitants speculate on the life of a mysterious Madam X. The novel interweaves their endless suppositions into a work that is at once political parable and surreal fantasia. ...

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Community Reviews Summary of 15 reviews

Moods

challenging 100%
funny 100%
reflective 100%
dark 50%

Pace

slow 50%
medium 50%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 100%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 100%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 100%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 100%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 100%

Average rating

2.81

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