It was late April when a friend sent me a copy of British writer Simon Winchester's new book, The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom.
Some may dislike his cross-dressing appearance and excessive obsession with fashion. Others may criticize his writing style, but it's still him.
What is most consequential about The War Within, the final volume in Bob Woodward's four-part Bush oeuvre, is the evolutionary shift it marks for the author.
Home is a third-person retelling of many of the events in Marilynne Robinson's Gilead, one of the few recent American novels that have found and deserved both critical praise and readerly love.
Readers in North America, Europe and other parts of the world will soon be able to find more books on China, says Wu Wei, vice-director-general of the State Council Information Office.
Joe Eszterhas' 16 movies have grossed something like $1 billion. Anne Rice's novels have sold something like 75 million copies.
Playwright Robert Anderson, author of such Broadway hits as "Tea and Sympathy" and "You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running," has died. He was 91.
From travel writer Justin Hill's point of view China is the ideal canvas for an author. This is where the action is and it provides a fresh source of material for English-language literature, color for the writer's brush
It is glorious springtime in Beijing and the city's great suburban outdoors beckon. Willow trees are sprouting new life and the harsh winter winds are changing to breeze.
Book reviews:《Jia thinks》,《My memoir of youth》,《How we decide》
Many of Yan Geling's novels have been adapted into films and TV series, including those by top Chinese filmmakers Chen Kaige.
Four books that have been long out of print by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will be published again under a deal with Beacon Press brokered by King's youngest son.
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