New in @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social: My review of a female bildungsoman of sorts set in Shenzhen (and elsewhere!) amid China's shift to a market economy. Morality, class, and decency are pondered. The word “money” appears 57 more times than the word "life". asianreviewofbooks.com/my-destiny-b...
“My Destiny” by Liang XiaoshengMy Destiny is the third Liang Xiaosheng book brought into English translation, but the first novel. It follows the short story collection The Black Button published by Panda Books in 1992, and the …asianreviewofbooks.com