Disturbing Boredom
A Yi's new novella is a refreshingly non-verbose, verb-driven, first-person narrative of taut tension.
A Yi's new novella is a refreshingly non-verbose, verb-driven, first-person narrative of taut tension.
Ha Jin's novel moves beyond the ideological certainties of typical Cold War spy novels.
Paul French on Jonathan Coe, espionage, and expos.
In Edward Wilson’s The Whitehall Mandarin, 1960s Britain is at the forefront of the Cold War, caught between America and the Soviet Union.
Adam Brookes gets it right with Night Heron.
On Lao She, Pearl S. Buck, Qian Zhongshu, and Wu Cheng'en
Lao She deserved the Nobel Prize for Literature.