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Talented Chinese Author Ah Yi’s Story About County Policing | Fiction
But from Qinglongshan police station, I worked my way up to the county public security bureau and the county government office. That somehow took five years. Over that period, my former chief was only sent to Baihu county at the same rank. One day, the chief and I were sitting at a mahjong table with the head of residents’ affairs and his retired predecessor. We were four generations, seated at each edge of the table.
New Literature in Translation: August 2022 by Powell's Staff
We know why you’re here. The heat has been too much lately; you’re too busy keeping your fans and air conditioners trained on you to have time to choose which book to pick up next. Well, don’t fear. We’ve got you covered, with a great round-up of some of the most exciting new literature in translation.
A message held to the flame
Translated by Dylan Levi King Apr 23, 2020 阿乙: 《我们所处的人的环境》 We are delighted to introduce this week's essay on coronavirus in China, especially written for us by A Yi and translated by Dylan Levi King. I lack the knowledge and scientific expertise to offer any opinion on the new coronavirus epidemic. I have been watching the numbers, trying to grasp what experts are saying, and observing the responses of various governments, but none of that has allowed me to form a clear, coherent conclusion.
The Case That Got Away: Introducing the Sly Noir of A Yi
Thirteen years later, the case of the Aocheng Chemical Plant still nags at me like an unsolved riddle. It was broad daylight, the workers standing in the cracked concrete yard, lunch boxes in hand, voices rising and falling as they murmured how it had been fine last night, now it was gone. The Aocheng Police Department had sent Sergeant Zhao Dezhong, along with two trainees—Li and myself.
2015 translations from Chinese - another bumper crop
For the last three years we have produced a list of Chinese to English translations (books only) published over the year. Here is our list for 2015. As always, if we’ve missed any, please add them below. (Previous lists are here: 2012, 2013, 2014). We have also added most of these titles to our list on Goodreads.
‘A Perfect Crime’ by A Yi
Fiction – hardcover; Oneworld Publications; 224 pages; 2015. Translated from the Chinese by Anna Holmwood. I do love a dark crime novel — and A Yi’s A Perfect Crime is probably one of the darkest I’ve read in a long time. Set in China, it follows the exploits of a disaffected 19-year-old student who decides he’s so bored he needs to do something to make his life more exciting.
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