Comments on: Josh Summers’ review of Wang Gang’s English

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:54:22 +0000

Thor, get a life.

This is a beuatiful novel and novels are political or historical documents.

By: Wolf B. Litzer

Wolf B. Litzer — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:05:14 +0000

I second ET’s comment. I hope you will consider writing a review of Rebiya Kadeer’s new book.

By: ET

ET — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:19:36 +0000

In order to present “all things” about the region, here is a link to a new book of possible interest:
http://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Fighter-Womans-Struggle-Peace/dp/0979845610

By: Thor's Bear

Thor's Bear — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:28:16 +0000

I’ve only read half of this and not the translation but….

The ommissions Josh mentions are hugely significant. The fact that the only Uyghur character is from a Han-Uyghur family (and is flippantly referred to as an ‘二转子’ or ‘half-cast’) and is a lady of exotic beauty, no Islam, no threatening males, a burning desire to learn English as a way to get the hell out of this seemingly arduous frontier, all tell us quite a lot about Han Chinese imaginations of Xinjiang!

By: Hek

Hek — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:44:38 +0000

Yo, cool blog! I am enjoying reading it and learning more about the area. Since I arrived in china in ’02 i have always thought about going out West. Keep blogging and letting us know about the true New Frontier!

hek