Ep 71 - Feng Jicai and A Looking-Glass World with Daniel Li

'All the magic lay within their own bodies'In the seventy first episode of The Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast we are stepping into A Looking Glass World (单筒望远镜 / Dāntǒng Wàngyuǎnjìng). This is our second encounter with Tianjin’s bard Feng Jicai, and our first (sort of!) with his publisher-in-translation, Daniel Li of Sinoist Books.-// NEWS ITEMS //Generations of Voices in Chinese Literature: a panel hosted by The World of ChineseNew Sino-SF just dropped: New Voices in Chinese Science FictionShenyang in translation: Rouge Street by Shaung Xuetao tr. JT himself-// WORD OF THE DAY //(庚子年 - gēng zi nián - gengzi year AKA the year of the metal rat)(from the 60 year cycle of the Chinese calendar)-// MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE //Skedaddle - a font with Victorian hotel vibesSinoist Books’ new subscription packagePaul Richardson & Chu Xiaoying’s 2015 market report on Chinese publishingthe post cultural-revolution scar literature movementthe Feng Jicai institute 天津大学冯骥才文学艺术研究院-// Handy TrChFic Links //Episode Transcripts // Help Support TrChFicINSTAGRAM // TWITTER // DISCORD