Ep 32 - The Book of Shanghai with Karen Wang




The Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast show

Summary: "A true map cannot simply mark out the landmarks, and the most popular tourist sites, it must be able to guide readers through the city’s lesser-known corners, its dimly-lit nooks and rarely-frequented crannies" In the thirty second episode of The Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast, we are looking at The Book of Shanghai, a short story collection from Comma Press Our guest is Karen Wang of the Manchester Confucius Institute Editor & Publisher: confuciusinstitute.manchester.ac.uk/about/people/ commapress.co.uk // NEWS ITEMS // Tiananmen: Lives of the Poets asiancha.com/wp/article/lives-of-the-poets/ 'The Revolutionary' on Lu Xun commonwealmagazine.org/blog/revolutionary-lu-xun-china-simon-leys-mao China's First Pornhub Translator mp.weixin.qq.com/s/hdIUOdqxIJGEePKzA0QBlQ // WORD OF THE DAY // (捉 / Zhuō / Grasping) // DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE // 1980s Shanghai youtube.com/watch?v=oSSeszA82wc Haipai sci-hub.tw/10.1007/s11702-010-0010-0 Trash management reforms scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3016801/shanghai-begins-new-waste-sorting-era-china-eyes-cleaner-image Suzhou He, the movie youtu.be/v8ZAE5faG9s Eddie Huang goes to Shanghai youtu.be/FYFmWCJDV50 // TrChFic // support the show: buymeacoffee.com/TrChFic patreon.com/TrChFic The TrChFic Map: dustsymbols.tumblr.com/TrChFicmap contact: INS: TrChFic TWIT: anguslikeswords DISCORD: discord.gg/3fzcKUs dustsymbols.tumblr.com/hello