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[REVIEW] βWriting from the Margins: Mahasweta Deviβs πππ’π‘β/πππ‘ππ’π‘ββ by Jack...
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Mahasweta Devi (author), Anjum Katyal (translator), Truth/Untruth, Seagull Books, 2023. 144 pgs. Earlier this year, Seagull Books...
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[EXCLUSIVE] βThe Gills of the Metal Fishβ by Xu Dishan, Translated by Chris Song
Chris Songβs Note: Xu Dishan wrote βThe Gills of the Metal Fishβ ι΅ιεΊι° in either 1940 or 1941 when he was living in Hong Kong. Different from his previous fiction with various religious elements, βThe...
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[REVIEW] βOn the Lighter Side: Nektaria Anastasiadouβs π΄ π πππππ πππ π·ππβππβ...
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Nektaria Anastasiadou, A Recipe for Daphne, Hoopoe Fiction, 2021. 326 pgs. βA monstrous confusion of civilization and...
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[REVIEW] βNot Just A Memoir: Shen Yangβs ππππ πβππ πππ πΆβπππβ by Lorenzo Donelli
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Shen Yang (author), Nicky Harman (translator), More Than One Child: Memoirs of an Illegal Daughter, Balestier Press, 2021. 280...
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[EXCLUSIVE] βKhaosan 1996-2019β by James Batcho
TH: James Batcho writes about Bangkok, his introduction to Asia. Normally when I come to Bangkok I stay in Sukhumvit. Iβve been doing that since my Busan days, starting around 2009, I guess. This time...
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[REVIEW] βFeelings Can Creep Up Just Like That: Wong Kar-waiβs πΌπ π‘βπ ππππ...
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Tony Rayns, In the Mood for Love, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015. 96 pgs. βI didnβt think youβd fall in love with me,β says Mrs...
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[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βThe Mighty Peak: Satyajit Rayβs πΎπππβππππ’ππβπβ by...
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Satyajit Ray (director), Kanchenjungha, 1962. 102 min. Satyajit Ray hardly needs an introductionβeither in the field of arts and...
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[FEATURE] βThe Power of Chinese Narrative: An Interview with Sabina Knightβ...
Helen Wang: When reading and translating, Iβve often wondered about Chinese narrative. I knew from reading with my own children how important storytelling is for credibility and engagement, even at a...
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[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βThe Beauty of the Unsaid: Celine Songβs πππ π‘ πΏππ£ππ β by...
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Celine Song (director), Past Lives, 2023. 106 min. Life is a sea, a kaleidoscopic cornucopia of experiences with a myriad of...
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[REVIEW] βThe Story Isnβt Over Yet: Shibani Mahtani and Timothy McLaughlinβs...
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Shibani Mahtani and Timothy McLaughlin, Among the Braves: Hope, Struggle, and Exile in the Battle for hong Kong and the Future of...
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[EXCLUSIVE] βA Tribute to Reid Mitchellβ by Akin Jeje
Photo of Reid Mitchell Β© Martin Alexander Describing a great and complex man as Reid Hardeman Mitchell (1955-2023) is not easyβhe was a poet and a professor, bon vivant and raconteur, historian and...
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[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βTo Flee or Not to Flee: Paul Lynchβs ππππβππ‘ ππππβ by...
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Paul Lynch, Prophet Song, Oneworld Books, 2023. 320 pgs. Although I was reading about a fictitious Ireland, as I began Prophet...
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[REVIEW] βClash of Ideas: Tanizaki JunβichirΕβs πΏππππππ πππ ππ‘βππ ππ‘πππππ β BY...
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Tanizaki JunβichirΕ (author), Anthony H. Chambers & Paul McCarthy (translators), Longing and Other Stories, Columbia...
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[EXCLUSIVE] βBodaβs Bordersβ by Chan Hay-ching, translated by Chris Song
Chris Songβs Note: Chan Hay-chingβs ι³ζ¦ι short story βBodaβs Bordersβ ε―Άιηιε’ was originally written in Chinese and was first published in Hong Kong Literature Bimonthly εεΈζθ, No. 105 (April 2020). It...
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[REVIEW] βDefying Explanation: Hayao Miyazakiβs πβπ π΅ππ¦ πππ π‘βπ π»ππππβ by e...
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Hayao Miyazaki (director), The Boy and the Heron, 2023. 125 min. This review contains spoilers. For me, whatβs perhaps most...
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[REVIEW] βA Niche Book on a Niche Subject: ChloΓ« F. Starrβs π ππ-πππβπ‘ πππ£πππ ...
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS ChloΓ« F. Starr, Red-light Novels of the late Qing, Brill Publishing, 2007. 293 pgs. This book should be recognised as a...
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[EXCLUSIVE] βTwo Sonnets for Reid Mitchellβ by Andrew Barker
Also read Akin Jejeβs tribute to Reid Mitchell. I wrote two sonnets for Reid Mitchell (1955-2023); one a couple of years before he died and one, at Reidβs own instigation, some fifteen years ago. Reid...
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