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Josh Stenberg, The Conversation

‘The Three-Body Problem’: Liu Cixin’s novel is a heady blend of ethics, physics and Chinese history

Translator Ken Liu rearranged the chapter order, reversing an earlier precaution taken by the author to limit Chinese censors’ interest in the original.

Josh Stenberg, The Conversation
· Mar 30, 2024 · 05:30 pm
Why ‘The Water Margin’, China’s outlaw novel from the 14th century, keeps getting modern versions

Its influence has gone far beyond the usual genres of fiction, film, art and theatre.

Josh Stenberg, The Conversation
· Jan 18, 2019 · 05:30 pm
‘Dream of the Red Chamber’: Why you should read a 2,500-page-long, 18th century Chinese novel

The sprawling novel is one of an immersive experience of Imperial China and one of literature’s most ambitious attempts at capturing the human experience.

Josh Stenberg, The Conversation
· Apr 24, 2018 · 05:30 pm