· Frontier by Can Xue tr. Karen Gernant and Chen Zeping (Open Letter, March ) Reading is an act that requires memory. As a reader’s eyes move through text, the connections between sequences of events, characters and parts of the psyche, or even such micro elements as first and last sentences, and even subject and predicate, only become comprehensible when they can be recalled Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins. Translated from the Chinese by Karen Gernant Chen Zeping. Open Letter Books, Explores the borderlands between barbarism and civilization, spiritual and material, mundane and sublime, beauty and death, Eastern and Western. Frontier, the latest novel by the experimental Chinese writer Can Xue, in a straightforward and accessible translation by Keren Gernant and Chen Zeping, describes life in a . A layered, multifaceted masterpiece from the winner of the Best Translated Book Award, Frontier exemplifies John Darnielle's statement that Can Xue's books read "as if dreams had invaded the physical world." Can Xue is a pseudonym meaning "dirty snow, leftover snow." She learned English on her own and has written books on Borges, Shakespeare, and Dante/5(13).
A layered, multifaceted masterpiece from the winner of the Best Translated Book Award, Frontier exemplifies John Darnielle's statement that Can Xue's books read as if dreams had invaded the physical world. Can Xue is a pseudonym meaning dirty snow, leftover snow. She learned English on her own and has written books on Borges, Shakespeare. Frontier Can Xue Translated by Karen Gernant and Chen Zeping Open Letter Books, $, pages. I t can be said that Chinese experimental writer, Can Xue, inhabits a strange and elusive territory in contemporary literature. With an idiosyncratic approach to writing, she has created an impressive body of work that effectively explores a. item 6 Frontier by Can Xue: New 6 - Frontier by Can Xue: New. $ +$ shipping. item 7 Frontier by Xue, Can (Paperback) 7 - Frontier by Xue, Can (Paperback) $ +$ shipping. See all 8 - All listings for this product. No ratings or reviews yet No ratings or reviews yet. Be the first to write a review.
Translated from the Chinese by Karen Gernant Chen Zeping. Open Letter Books, Explores the borderlands between barbarism and civilization, spiritual and material, mundane and sublime, beauty and death, Eastern and Western. Frontier, the latest novel by the experimental Chinese writer Can Xue, in a straightforward and accessible translation by Keren Gernant and Chen Zeping, describes life in a border town. Frontier by Can Xue. Frontier. by Can Xue. tr. Karen Gernant and Chen Zeping. (Open Letter, March ) Reviewed by Canaan Morse. Reading is an act that requires memory. As a reader’s eyes move through text, the connections between sequences of events, characters and parts of the psyche, or even such micro elements as first and last sentences, and even subject and predicate, only become comprehensible when they can be recalled and reconstituted in the human mind. Open Letter. pages. Frontier, first published in China in , is Can Xue’s follow-up to her novel The Last Lover, winner of the Best Translated Book Award. She was also nominated for the Neustadt International Prize for Literature. Can Xue’s writing has been described as avant-garde, experimental, and even bizarre; the fantasy and magical-realist elements make Frontier an additional cutting-edge narrative in her growing body of work.
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