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Book Review: ‘Self-Portrait With Ghost,’ by Meng Jin; ‘Tomorrow in Shanghai,’ by May-lee Chai; ‘A Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On,’ by Dung Kai-cheung ...
Death and love mingle in Meng Jin’s intoxicating new collection, SELF-PORTRAIT WITH GHOST: Short Stories (207 pp., Mariner, $27.99), ... When Lu-lu studies abroad in China, ...
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Asian authors have written some of the most anticipated books of 2020 – Meng Jin’s Little Gods is a contender for book of the year - South China Morning Post
Among the most eagerly awaited books of 2020 are titles from China’s Meng Jin, Yan Lianke and Marie Lu, as well as from names including Hilary Mantel and Elena Ferrante.
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For a Successful Chinese Woman, Can Motherhood Be Her Undoing?
LITTLE GODS By Meng Jin. At the heart of Meng Jin’s ambitious debut novel, “Little Gods,” is a brilliant Chinese physicist named Su Lan. Having grown up in poverty, surrounded by no ...
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One of the most exciting literary talents, Chinese-American Meng Jin, burnishes her reputation with short story collection - South China Morning Post
In the follow-up to her debut novel, Little Gods, Meng Jin cements her reputation as an exciting literary talent with a collection of short stories that explores love, grief and the supernatural.
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Love and physics collide in Meng Jin's wrenching Chinese-American tale 'Little Gods' - USA TODAY
Meng Jin’s ambitious debut novel, “Little Gods” (Custom House, 288 pp., ★★★ out of four stars), opens amid the chaos of 1989’s Tiananmen Square crackdown. As a Beijing hospital ...