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[EXCLUSIVE] βA Night Flightβ by Liu Waitong, translated by Chris Song
Chris Songβs note: In βA Night Flightβ, the passengers endure days of eerie silence and mounting despair, with many succumbing to death and some choosing to leap into the night. The story draws a...
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[REVIEW] βDeception and Distrust: Henrietta Harrisonβs πβπ ππππππ ππ...
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on The Perils of Interpreting. Henrietta Harrison, The Perils of Interpreting: The...
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[REVIEW] βAn Achingly Poignant Personal Trauma Narrative: Salman Rushdieβs...
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After An Attempted Murder, Penguin Random House, 2024. 224 pgs. βLife is not what one lived,...
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[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βCarrying On: Yasunari Kawabataβs πβπ π ππππππ€β by...
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Yasunari Kawabata (author), Haydn Trowell (translator), The Rainbow, Penguin, 2023. 400 pgs. Yasunari Kawabataβs The Rainbow,...
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[EXCLUSIVE] βThe Chinese Girlβ by Jeff Beyl
βWhat would you think about moving here?β We were on a bus heading to Hong Kong International Airport on Lantau Island. It was dark outside. We were going to catch an early-morning flight back home to...
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[REVIEW] βConstructing a Performative Self: Osamu Dazaiβs πβπ πΉπππ€πππ ππ...
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Osamu Dazai (author), Sam Bett (translator), The Flowers of Buffoonery, New Directions, 2023. 63 pgs. The Flowers of Buffoonery...
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[REVIEW] βMaster in Its Own House: On Thomas Barkerβs πΌππππππ πππ πΆπππππ π΄ππ‘ππ...
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Thomas Barker, Indonesian Cinema After the New Order: Going Mainstream, Hong Kong University Press, 2019, 244 pgs. After...
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[REVIEW] βA Rare, Exciting Academic Book: Antonia Finnaneβs π»ππ€ π‘π ππππ π πππ...
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Antonia Finnane, How to Make a Mao Suit: Clothing the People of Communist China, 1949β1976, Cambridge University Press, 2023. 386...
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[REVIEW] βThe Limited Life of a Woman: Cho Nam-jooβs πΎππ π½ππ¦ππ’ππ, π΅πππ 1982β...
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Cho Nam-joo (author), Jamie Chang (translator), Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, Liveright, 2021. 176 pgs. Everyone who has read Cho...
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[REVIEW] βWhere Ripples Intersects: Madeleine Slavickβs Photopoetry...
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Madeleine Slavick, Town, The Cuba Press, 2024. 132 pgs. Imagine a poet and a photographer collaborating. What will they create?...
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[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βJust that Little Bit Different: Hong Sang-sooβs πΌπ...
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Hong Sang-soo (director), In Water, 2023. 61 min. Of the 31 features Hong Sang-soo has directed, youβd be hard pressed to find a...
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[REVIEW] βResonating with Anyone Who Travels Internationally: Ralph...
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Ralph Jennings, 50 Useful Tips on China, from a Guy Who ALMOST Got It, Earnshaw Books, 2024. 260 pgs. Ralph Jennings is a...
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[REVIEW] βAn Encyclopaedic Undertaking: Qian Guoβs πΉπππ πΆπ’ππ‘π’πππ ππ πΆβπππβ by...
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Qian Guo, Food Cultures of China: Recipes, Cultures and Issues, Bloomsbury, 2023. 272 pgs. The first thing that struck me about...
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[REVIEW] βSuch an Indelible Period Texture: Wei Shujunβs ππππ¦ π‘βπ π ππ£ππ...
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Wei Shujun (director), Only the River Flows, 2023. 101 mins. Wei Shujunβs Only the River Flows, an adaptation of Yu Huaβs novella...
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[REVIEW] βStunning Memoir: Grace Loh Prasadβs πβπ πππππ πππ‘ππβπ π·ππ’πβπ‘ππβ by...
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Grace Loh Prasad, The Translatorβs Daughter, The Ohio State University Press, 2024. 272 pgs. Grief occurs in many forms. Thereβs...
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[REVIEW] βQuest for Genuineness: Pang Laikwanβs πππ πππ π΄ππβ by Kaiqing Su
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Pang Laikwan, One and All: The Logic of Chinese Sovereignty, Stanford University Press, 2024. 276 pgs. As I finish writing this...
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[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βPerhaps Misguided: Aneeta Sundararajβs πππππ π‘ππ¦ ππ π‘βπ...
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Aneeta Sundararaj, Tapestry of the Mind and Other Stories, Penguin Random House SEA, 2024. 272 pgs. Aneeta Sundararajβs Tapestry...
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[REVIEW] βOutside Cones of Light was Total Darkness: Ha Seong-nanβs...
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Ha Seong-nan (author), Janet Hong (translator), Bluebeardβs First Wife, Open Letter Books, 2020. 230 pgs. The following words...
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[CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS] First Impressions
Click HERE for all First Impressions entries. Illustration by Ruby van der Hoeven We are very pleased to announce the launch of π π’π«π¬π ππ¦π©π«ππ¬π¬π’π¨π§π¬, a section of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal devoted...
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[REVIEW] βA βHere and Nowβ Mantra: Shunryu Suzuki Roshiβs πππ ππππβ by Maria...
π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Shunryu Suzuki Roshi (author), Trudy Dixon & Richard Baker (editors), Zen Mind, Beginnerβs Mind: Informal Talks on Zen...
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