The Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast Ep 59 - More Than One Child with Shen Yang and Nicky Harman
It is a long and painful process to see oneself clearly, as is the process of returning to one’s childhood.
In the fifty ninth episode of The Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast we are talking with someone who is More Than One Child (隐形小孩 / Yǐnxíng Xiǎohái), a woman as friendly as she is fearless: Shen Yang. She’s here on this episode, and so is her translator, friend-of-the-pod, and returnee guest Nicky Harman. The book is forthcoming from the excellent publisher Balestier Press.
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// NEWS ITEMS //
From July 2nd: PEN Translates awards announced, including two titles from the PRC
Dylan Levi King tries out movie commentary for Obsession 疯狂的代价 (1988)
New book from Astra House: Yu Xiuhua’s Moonlight Rests on My Left Palm
Publisher’s Weekly shares a Spotlight on Six Contemporary Chinese Fiction Writers
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// WORD OF THE DAY //
(葳蕤 - wēi ruí - lush, burgeoning foliage)
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// MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE //
'琵琶語 Pipa Yu' by 林海 Lin Hai - Shen Yang’s musical pairing
When Everything Is Green by Julie Christmas & All The World is Green by Tom Waits - Angus’ musical pairings
The Liar’s Club by Mary Karr
Our Story: A Memoir of Love and Life in China by Rao Pingru, trans. Nicky Harman
Leftover in China: The Women Shaping the World's Next Superpower by Roseann Lake
Robert Winston’s BBC program on memory… sadly it’s not streaming anywhere