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.
Karen Gernant
I Live in the Slums is the fifth book by Can Xue translated by Karen Gernant and Chen Zeping.
The previous books are Blue Light in the Sky (2006), Five Spice Street (2009), Vertical Motion (2011) and Frontier (2017). Karen Gernant is professor emerita of Chinese history at Southern Oregon University; Chen Zeping (who passed away in March 2022) was professor emeritus of Chinese linguistics at Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China. They collaborated in translating contemporary Chinese fiction for more than 20 years.
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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.
By Can Xue
Translated by Karen Gernant Chen Zeping
