Can Xue, Chen Zeping and Karen Gernant on I Live in the Slums
Can Xue, Karen Gernant and Chen Zeping speak to us about the International Booker Prize-longlisted 2021 novel, I Live in the Slums.
Can Xue
Can Xue is the pseudonym of the renowned avant‑garde author Deng Xiaohua.
Can Xue was longlisted for the 2019 Booker International Prize for Love in the New Millennium, translated by Annelise Finegan Wasmoen. Can Xue’s other work includes Five Spice Street, Vertical Motion, The Last Lover, Frontier and I Live in the Slums.
All nominated books
Can Xue’s ambitious, dreamlike novel examines the nebulous, perplexing and unfathomable nature of love of China in the 21st century. Translated by Annelise Finegan Wasmoen.
Can Xue’s enchanting collection is full of mystery and secrets, 16 dreamlike stories that create their own uniquely beautiful reality. Translated by Karen Gernant and Chen Zeping.
