Creativity comes from "the abrasive juxtaposition" of life experiences.

                                                                                    -- Mario Capecchi, Nobel Prize for Medicine 2007-- 

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Author Webpage at Amazon.com

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Book Reviews:

"Illuminating flashes of China's fictive light"  by Stephen Mansfield (The Japan Times Online)

"Shouhua Qi's The Pearl Jacket and Other Stories " by Myfanwy Collins (American Book Review)

"Flashfiction East" by Myfanwy Collins (Encyclopedia Britannica)

 "The Pearl Jacket and Other Stories" by Isaac Stone Fish  (Asian Review of Books)

 "120 Views of China" by Elinor Teele (California Literary Review)

                             Western Literature in China and the Translation of a Nation [Hardcover]

This book traces the contours of the ways in which Western literature (in both the broad and narrow sense) was introduced and received in China from the 1840s to the present. It is an attempt to navigate and unpack the complex dynamics, or fault zones, of texts (literary and sociopolitical), contexts (Chinese and Western), intertexts (translation and creative writing), dominance (language, culture, ideology) and resistance, and of tension and convergence. It is the story of China's uneasy response to the West, its perilous march toward modernity, and its epic, costly struggle to reclaim the nation's past glory—both real and imagined.

                                                                                              (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012)

 Reviews

'Understanding China's emergence as a twenty-first-century power requires an awareness of the complexities of its history, culture, and often damaging past interaction with foreign nations. Qi has made an important contribution to the understanding of the forces that have shaped China with his examination of the impact of translations of Western texts on China's development as they were 'assimilated' into the Chinese consciousness. Qi provides a new framework that highlights the tensions caused by the need to preserve Chinese culture while pursuing Westernization and globalization.' - June Grasso, associate professor, Boston University-

'Western Literature in China and the Translation of a Nation is a fascinating story of modern China and its relations with the West told through the eventful, often tragic and sad, history of its intellectuals and their translations. Based on solid research, informative, insightful, and beautifully written, this book offers much more than its title seems to suggest, and anyone interested in the intellectual and sociopolitical history of modern China will find it of great value and enjoyable reading.' - Zhang Longxi, chair professor of Comparative Literature and Translation, City University of Hong Kong-

   Inspired by real historical events, Twin-Sun River tells the story of Pfc Simon Mackenzie

    who chooses to disappear in the heartland of China soon after the armistice was effected

     to pursue his "Walden" ("Peach Orchard Outside the World") dream. There, in a small

     mountain village, Simon’s decision is tested over and again as he struggles to survive the

    turbulences of Modern China and as he becomes enmeshed in the life of a Chinese family

    and their beautiful "widowed" daughter-in-law. Parallel to Simon’s journey is that of Jie

    Ding, a humanities professor who traverses the changing landscape of China during the

    summer of 2001 to accomplish an impossible mission while trying to exorcise his own demons.

                           

                                                                                                         (WingsAsClouds Press, Summer 2011)

 

                                         and Other Stories will …breathe new energy into modern

                               Red Guard Fantasies and Other Stories