I tried to write a comment before and it's mysteriously disappeared. However, I enjoyed this historical take on our cultural appropriations, and how different China appears through blue eyes over the ages. However, I need to read up on Gish Jen's perspective. More on this soon. Well done, Andrew Singer. Thank you for excavating texts that seem to have been long buried...John Hersey's White Lotus is another that more people should pay attention to. And Jun Zhang's Wild Swans.
Arielle, thank you. I have Wild Swans. I will check out White Lotus. The general theme sounds similar to another I book I read just this past week.... :-)
Andrew: Yet another illuminating discourse on American attitudes and influences re China, and the historical precedences. I remember reading Buck years ago but never a Chinese POV. Really interesting . . . Hal
Can’t wait to see your next issue
I tried to write a comment before and it's mysteriously disappeared. However, I enjoyed this historical take on our cultural appropriations, and how different China appears through blue eyes over the ages. However, I need to read up on Gish Jen's perspective. More on this soon. Well done, Andrew Singer. Thank you for excavating texts that seem to have been long buried...John Hersey's White Lotus is another that more people should pay attention to. And Jun Zhang's Wild Swans.
Arielle, thank you. I have Wild Swans. I will check out White Lotus. The general theme sounds similar to another I book I read just this past week.... :-)
Andrew: Yet another illuminating discourse on American attitudes and influences re China, and the historical precedences. I remember reading Buck years ago but never a Chinese POV. Really interesting . . . Hal
excellent and insightful. Thank you Andrew.