Wenguang Huang is a journalist, a translator, and a writer. A former staff member of the New York Times Beijing bureau, he contributes regularly to Chicago Public Radio, the Chicago Tribune, Fortune.com, and the New York Times. A recipient of a PEN Translation Fund Award, his translations have appeared in Asia Literary Review, Harper's magazine, and Paris Review. He is the author of A Death in the Lucky Holiday Hotel. He lives in Chicago. Juan Castilla Plaza is an English teacher. He specializes in translations from English to Spanish.
Illuminating. . . . Huang's coming-of-age story eloquently
describes his family coping with change and how, in a turbulent
time, he made sense of the world. --Publishers Weekly, starred
review, on the English-language edition
[Huang's] description of life under Mao will come as a revelation
to readers. --Booklist, on the English-language edition
A gripping, lyrical memoir . . . revealing, ironic, and
effortlessly elegant. --Chicago Tribune, on the English-language
edition
A trenchantly observed story that depicts the clash of traditional
and modern Chinese culture with a powerful combination of
sensitivity and mordant irony. --Kirkus Reviews, on the
English-language edition
Another interesting way to look at China, something readers crave.
--Library Journal, on the English-language edition
Fascinating. --Washington Post, on the English-language edition
Lively . . . inspires as many laughs as it does tears. --New
Yorker, on the English-language edition
New and refreshing and adds a different perspective into the canon
of immigrant literature. --Chicago Sun-Times, on the
English-language edition
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