Sinophone Literature Challenge - hosted by riso_allegro

A Book from China
There are SO MANY books from China that have been translated into English. To narrow things down a bit, I'll highlight a few translated contemporary female authors here, but ofc you're free to read whatever/whoever interests you! ^^
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The King of Trees: Three Novellas: The King of Trees, The King of Chess, The King of Children by Bonnie S. MacDougall, Ah Cheng

The King of Trees: Three Novellas: The King of Trees, The King of Chess, The King of Children

Bonnie S. MacDougall, Ah Cheng

208 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

fiction short stories informative reflective sad slow-paced
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai by 王安忆, Susan Chan Egan, Wang Anyi, Michael Berry

The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai

王安忆, Susan Chan Egan, Wang Anyi, Michael Berry

440 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective sad slow-paced
I Live in the Slums: Stories by Zeping Chen, Karen Gernant, Can Xue

I Live in the Slums: Stories

Zeping Chen, Karen Gernant, Can Xue

344 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction short stories adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Concubine of Shanghai by Hong Ying, Liu Hong

The Concubine of Shanghai

Hong Ying, Liu Hong

288 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction emotional slow-paced
Good Children of the Flower by Shelly Bryant, Hong Ying, Gary Xu, Nick Brown

Good Children of the Flower

Shelly Bryant, Hong Ying, Gary Xu, Nick Brown

351 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction emotional slow-paced
K: The Art of Love by Hong Ying, Henry Zhao, Nicky Harman

K: The Art of Love

Hong Ying, Henry Zhao, Nicky Harman

262 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction historical emotional medium-paced
Daughter of the River: An Autobiography by Hong Ying, Howard Goldblatt

Daughter of the River: An Autobiography

Hong Ying, Howard Goldblatt

288 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir challenging emotional slow-paced
The Secret Talker by Geling Yan

The Secret Talker

Geling Yan

160 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary thriller dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Lost Daughter of Happiness by Geling Yan

The Lost Daughter of Happiness

Geling Yan

278 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

fiction historical emotional slow-paced
The Flowers of War by Nicky Harman, Geling Yan

The Flowers of War

Nicky Harman, Geling Yan

250 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction historical emotional informative sad medium-paced