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Party Like It's 1984: Short Stories From the People's Republic of
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HALiterature
H.A.L.’s first edition, Party Like It’s 1984, comprises British, Swedish, American, Canadian and Chinese writers. The topics and themes entertained by the book’s contents are equally diverse. Authors included: Josh Stenberg, Jacob Dreyer, Renee Reynolds, Ginger wRong Chen, Tom Mangione, Hunter Braithwaite, wm. Butler, Scott Ezell, Greg Baines, Dena Rash Guzman, S.C. Gordon...more
Paperback, 200 pages
Published
2010
by HALiterature
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Way too many basic spelling and punctuation mistakes. One of the stories, hOur Room [sic], has several such gaffs per page. Weird line returns all over the place (page count padding?). None of this is the fault of the writers--some of whom probably aren't writing in their first language. Leads me to suspect the editor has just copy/pasted without actually editing anything at all.
There's some saving grace in the stories which are often quirky and interesting, especially The Devoured Man and I Am...more
There's some saving grace in the stories which are often quirky and interesting, especially The Devoured Man and I Am...more
This is an interesting little paperback of fiction by English-speaking expats living in China. It's stories about the high weirdness that is the modern Chinese experience. The writing ranges from decent-if-MFAish to actually quite awesome. My favorite piece is the opener, "The Devoured Man" by Josh Stenberg, about the general atmosphere of corruption that surrounds a journalist's efforts to cover even the most basic of interesting events in a tiger zoo.
I am particularly fascinated by what's goi...more
I am particularly fascinated by what's goi...more
gorgeous book.
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