I posted this one over on The Barstool a couple of weeks or so ago - two lads on a bicycle unconcernedly thwarting my attempt to take a picture of the quaint little bar over the road.
This is a rather similar 'happy accident' - from a demonstration by the Beijing Tango Society several years ago.
4 comments:
these are awesome.
hey, i'm picking may and june book club books. i have a couple in mind i might be stuck on, but i wanted to check with you firsts--anything you've read recently you'd like to talk about? (if the suggestion comes from you i KNOW it will be available in china!)
I'm currently reading The Dissident by Nell Freudenberger. It's a couple of years old now, I'm afraid; but I'm find it rather good.
(Disclosure: I know Nell, and helped her a little bit with some of the research for the China background in the book).
I don't know what the feeling in the States is about Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong. I had been intending to read that next, but I'm slightly dreading it; it's terribly long, and, as you know, most contemporary Chinese writing is dreadfully turgid. I'm not sure that I'd like to recommend that to anyone else.
I've just received Stuart's ARC, the prize for your last competition - but I don't suppose anyone else can get hands on that for a few months yet. Find out his publication date and pencil it in for soon after.
Ugh, late night typos...
yeah, i've read stuart's book already. (let me know your thoughts!!) but i think i shouldn't venture into the territory of doing blog friends' books... at least for now. i'm kinda torn.
THE DISSIDENT sounds like it might be a good choice, actually. but it's long; i should vet it before i read it. let's tentatively say that will be 6/1 title, ya? i'm very interested now.
"turgid" alas is one of my least favorite words.
what shall i do for may, hmm.
Post a Comment