Invisible Cities 2021 (#invisiblecitiesproject) - hosted by curiousreader

China
February Selection
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Outlaws of the Marsh by Luo Guanzhong, Shi Nai'an

Outlaws of the Marsh

Luo Guanzhong, Shi Nai'an

2149 pages • first pub 1500 (editions)

fiction classics historical adventurous medium-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
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Dai Sijie

184 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

Jung Chang

544 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Beijing Comrades by Bei Tong

Beijing Comrades

Bei Tong

386 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

The Three-Body Problem

Remembrance of Earth's Past #1

Cixin Liu

399 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction science fiction challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
The Seventh Day by Allan H. Barr, Yu Hua

The Seventh Day

Allan H. Barr, Yu Hua

224 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Waiting by Ha Jin

Waiting

Ha Jin

320 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Land of Big Numbers by Te-Ping Chen

Land of Big Numbers

Te-Ping Chen

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Dear Friend, From My Life I Write to You in Your Life by Yiyun Li

Dear Friend, From My Life I Write to You in Your Life

Yiyun Li

208 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir emotional reflective slow-paced