The Annual Karissa Reads Books Literary Awards: Best Translated Work

Welcome back! Best translation is always a category that I wish was a bit bigger or more exciting around here. Although I always put "Read More Translated Work" on my Reading Goals year after year, I never quite hit the goals I reach. That said, I think the effort is important and worthwhile and it's… Continue reading The Annual Karissa Reads Books Literary Awards: Best Translated Work

Book Review: The Stolen Bicycle by Wu Ming-Yi

The Stolen Bicycle - Wu Ming-Yi (translated from Mandarin by Darryl Sterk) (Text Publishing, 2017) This was such an unexpected, playful, thoughtful, and informative book. It reads more like a non-fiction story rather than a novel, perhaps because it’s hard to tell at times how much is based on the author’s actual life. And perhaps… Continue reading Book Review: The Stolen Bicycle by Wu Ming-Yi