China High: My Fast Times in the 010, A Beijing Memoir
by ZZ
Reviewed by KERRY BROWN
's China High: My Fast Times in the 010, A Beijing Memoir looks like another "fast cars, fast chicks" memoir about how much Beijing rocks these days. But it is also well-written, full of well-placed irony, and contains, at its heart, a surprisingly moralistic tale of partial redemption.
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Shanghai Girls
by Lisa See
Reviewed by MELANIE HO
Shanghai Girls is a moving story of two sisters whose lives are seemingly altered beyond recognition after their father sells them away to be wives of men they've never met and much less like. Like Lisa See's previous novels, Shanghai Girls is historical fiction, this time set between 1937 and 1957.
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| Brothers
by Yu Hua
Reviewed by TODD SHIMODA |
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| Real World
by Natsuo Kirino
Reviewed by TODD SHIMODA |
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| China Museums
by Miriam Clifford, Cathy Giangrande and Antony White
Reviewed by KERRY BROWN |
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| The Fold
by An Na
Reviewed by KARMEL SCHREYER |
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