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Frontier - Paperback

by Can Xue
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by Can Xue (Author), Karen Gernant (Translator), Chen Zeping (Translator)

A surreal, fantastic coming-of-age novel blending Eastern and Western beliefs, from the winner of the 2015 Best Translated Book Award.

Author Biography

Can Xue is a pseudonym meaning "dirty snow, leftover snow." She learned English on her own and has written books on Borges, Shakespeare, and Dante. Her publications in English include, The Embroidered Shoes, Five Spice Street, Vertical Motion, and The Last Lover, which won the 2015 Best Translated Book Award for Fiction.

Karen Gernant is a professor emerita of Chinese history at Southern Oregon University. She translates in collaboration with Chen Zeping.

Chen Zeping is a professor of Chinese linguistics at Fujian Teachers' University, and has collaborated with Karen Gernant on more than ten translations.

Porochista Khakpour is the author of two novels, Sons and Other Flammable Objects and The Last Illusion.

Number of Pages: 470
Dimensions: 1 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN
Publication Date: March 14, 2017
ISBN9781940953540
Author Can Xue
PublisherOpen Letter Books
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedMarch 2017
LanguageENG- English
Pages470
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Can Xue is the pseudonym of the Chinese writer Deng Xiaohua (b. 1953). Formerly a tailor, she began writing fiction in 1983. Her works include Barefoot Doctor, I Live in the Slums, Love in the New Millennium, Five Spice Street, and The Last Lover. Annelise Finegan is academic director and clinical associate professor of translation at New York University.

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