Books by Lijia Zhang
Lijia Zhang is a writer, columnist, public speaker and commentator. From a working-class family in Nanjing, she laboured for a decade in a military factory that produced intercontinental missiles, before learning English and becoming a journalist and author. She writes both fiction and nonfiction. Her memoir “Socialism is Great!” has been translated into many languages.
Interviews with Lijia Zhang
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1
The Real Story of Ah-Q
by Lu Xun & translated by Julia Lovell -
2
Fortress Besieged
by Qian Zhongshu & translated by Jeanne Kelly and Nathan K. Mao -
3
Red Sorghum
by Mo Yan & translated by Howard Goldblatt -
4
To Live
Yu Hua, translated by Michael Berry -
5
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
by Dai Sijie & translated by Ina Rilke
The Best 20th Century Chinese Fiction Books, recommended by Lijia Zhang
The Best 20th Century Chinese Fiction Books, recommended by Lijia Zhang
While rooted in specific Chinese contexts, these books transcend cultural boundaries and speak to universal questions about dignity, freedom, identity, and the longing to be seen, says novelist and writer Lijia Zhang. She talks us through five of the best works of fiction to come out of mainland China in the twentieth century.
