…With Chinese Characteristics

History, ex-pat memoir, or just novels set in the Middle Kingdom.

Shanghailanders

The story of Shanghailanders, by Juli Min,  starts in 2040, and goes backwards in time, showing how the Yang family…

4 weeks ago

American Born Chinese

I originally read American Born Chinese, a graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang, for a YA fiction course, and I…

6 months ago

Kevin Kwan’s New “Lies and Weddings”

Lies and Weddings, by Kevin Kwan, contains the same kind of frothy lifestyle fun as the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy.…

10 months ago

More Murder, More Secrets, and More Delicious Indonesian Food in ‘The New Girl’

Jesse Q Sutanto is back with more secrets, more murder, and more delicious Indonesian food in The New Girl. Teenage…

1 year ago

Yellowface

In Yellowface, by R. F. Kuang,  unsuccessful writer Juniper Hayward ends up with the only copy of an almost-finished manuscript…

2 years ago