A review by katheastman
I Am China by Xiaolu Guo

4.0

Fascinating look at China's recent history as the protagonist, a translator, unravels love letters and diaries. It opens up China to the translator and, through her, the reader. And piecing together the story of the lovers also forces the translator to look at love and open herself up to it. I Am China gives insight into the work of a translator and how they inhabit the stories they are entrusted to translate.