China & Literature Laureates: Past & Imagined Wins in the Los Angeles Review of Books

The folk at the Los Angeles Review of Books thought it a good idea to have a look at issues around Chinese literature, the Nobel Prize and various reputations. I have to admit an interest as I contributed an essay on Lao She (who never won and probably wasn’t that bothered about it), Untidy Endings.

There’s also Julia Lovell on Wu Cheng’en’s Journey to the West, Brendan O’Kane on Qian Zhongshu’s Fortress Besieged and Charles W. Hayford on Pearl S. Buck.

All worth a read…