2018: Chinese fiction in translation
Our reviews of Chinese fiction—novels and short story collections—in translation this year.
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“The Story of the Sikhs: 1469-1708” by Sarbpreet Singh
Sikhs, at least Sikh men, are conspicuous among Indians by their ever-present turbans and their less noticeable but similarly ever-present daggers. Mistaken for, and sometimes attached as Aghani Muslims after 9/11, they can also be misunderstood in their native India, mocked as dim-wits in the Sardarji jokes and, followingt the assassination of Indira Gandhi by…
“A Short History of the Mongols” by George Lane
It is worth periodically remembering—as the tsunami of news of China’s momentous economic and political developments rushes past—that China has not always been “Chinese” in the quite the way it is, or can be presented to be, today.
