{"id":901,"date":"2012-05-05T11:46:38","date_gmt":"2012-05-05T03:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=901"},"modified":"2012-05-05T11:46:38","modified_gmt":"2012-05-05T03:46:38","slug":"lucas-klein-on-the-fat-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=901","title":{"rendered":"Lucas Klein on The Fat Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>My review of The Fat Years<\/em><\/a> \u76db\u4e16\uff1a\u4e2d\u570b 2013\u5e74, by Chan Koonchung \u9673\u51a0\u4e2d<\/a> and translated by Michael Duke, is now online at Rain Taxi<\/a>. Be forewarned: I was unimpressed by the novel and the translation. Here’s how the review begins:<\/p>\n

The cover screams \u201cThe Book No One in China Dares to Publish,\u201d the Financial Times<\/em> and The Observer<\/em> have offered ad-like reviews, and copies have spilled off bookstore displays in Hong Kong and London for months; The Fat Years<\/em> is the new must-have for the politically righteous book consumer in the English-speaking world. Consumer, that is, not reader, since most reports mention little about the story other than its premise. Probably better this way, since aesthetics too often fail when put up against political righteousness.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My review of The Fat Years \u76db\u4e16\uff1a\u4e2d\u570b 2013\u5e74, by Chan Koonchung \u9673\u51a0\u4e2d and translated by Michael Duke, is now online at Rain Taxi. Be forewarned: I was unimpressed by the novel and the translation. Here’s how the review begins: The … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[506,507],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8srwF-ex","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2430,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2430","url_meta":{"origin":901,"position":0},"title":"Ge Zhaoguang’s Intellectual History of China","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"February 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"An Intellectual History of China, Volume One: Knowledge, Thought, and Belief before the Seventh Century CE Ge Zhaoguang \u845b\u5146\u5149, translated by Michael S. 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