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LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
Literature in Translation.......................................3
The Backstreets
Film/Art............................................................. 12
Perhat Tursun
Literature/Culture................................................6
A Novel from Xinjiang
History................................................................14
Translated by Darren Byler and Anonymous
Politics/Economics................................................21
Philosophy/Religion............................................26
Best of the Backlist..............................................28
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The Backstreets is an astonishing novel by a preeminent contemporary Uyghur author who was disappeared by the Chinese state. Perhat Tursun follows an unnamed Uyghur man who comes to the capital of Xinjiang. Seeking to escape the pain and poverty of the countryside, he finds only cold stares and rejection. $20.00 / £14.99 paper 978-0-231-20291-6 $80.00 / £62.00 cloth 978-0-231-20290-9 September 2022 208 pages
The Membranes A Novel
Chi Ta-wei Translated by Ari Larissa Heinrich
First published in Taiwan in 1995, The Membranes is a classic of queer speculative fiction in Chinese. Chi Ta-wei weaves dystopian tropes—heirloom animals, radiation-proof combat drones, sinister surveillance technologies—into a sensitive portrait of one young woman’s quest for self-understanding. $17.00 / £13.99 paper 978-0-231-19571-3 $65.00 / £54.00 cloth 978-0-231-19570-6 2021 160 pages
MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE FROM TAIWAN
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