“Do Not Say We Have Nothing”, by Madeleine Thien, is a powerful and passionate novel, skillfully interwoven with rhythmic words to present a dynamic reading experience, similar to a fight …
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Kathryn Ma’s ‘The Year She Left Us’ opens with Ari-full name Ariadne-wandering a maze of conflicting identities. Abandoned in a shopping mall in Kunming, China, she finds herself adopted by …
You Are A Cat! by Sherwin Tjia Conundrum Press, Oct. 2011, 240 pages, 80 b/w illustrations $17 (Paperback) Reviewed by Elliot Chan. As someone who finds felines endearing and adorable—but …
Inside Chinatown: Ancient Culture in a New World By Robert Amos and Kileasa Wong TouchWood Editions, 160 pages Reviewed by David Chau Published in 14.4 ROBERT AMO’S AND KILEASA WONG’S …
Book Review Published in 14.3 Half World By Hiromi Goto Penguin Group Canada, 224 pages, $20.00 A journey of fierce struggle, marked by macabre characters and dangerous feats, is the …
“Egg on Mao: The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and Unmasked a Dictatorship”
by Jim Wong-Chu
A Book Review by Jessica Rose Just after 2:00 PM, on May 23, 1989, 25-year old Lu Decheng clutched a paint-filled egg in the palm of his hand, as he …