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Fan Wu

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Born

Nanchang , China

Website

http://fanwuwrites.com/

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Literature & Fiction

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Lu Xun, V.S. Naipaul, Zhang Ailing (Eileen Chang), J.D. Salinger

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January 2009

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The youngest of the five children, Fan Wu grew up on a state-run farm in southern China, where her parents were exiled during the Cultural Revolution. Her debut novel, February Flowers, has been translated into 8 languages. Her second novel Beautiful as Yesterday was praised by Amy Tan as "a story with intelligence, insight and heart." Her short fiction, besides being anthologized and nominated for the Pushcart Prize, has appeared in Granta, The Missouri Review, Ploughshares, Asia Literary Review, Redivider, Hyphen, and elsewhere. She has reviewed books for the San Francisco Chronicle and blogged for Ploughshares.

Wu's been published by Simon & Schuster, Doubleday & Picador UK.

Wu holds a B.A. in Chinese Language and Literature from Sun Yat ...more

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	February Flowers 3.45 avg rating — 639 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beautiful as Yesterday: A Novel 3.28 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2009 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Souls Left Behind: A WW1 Chinese Labour Corps Novel by Fan Wu (Goodreads Author), Honey Watson (translator) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Determinants of Environmental Preference by Housing Consumers in Guangzhou, China, Using Analytic Hierarchy Process by Fan Wu (Goodreads Author), 吴凡 (Creator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	REVIVE. ALIVE. THRIVE.: A Path For Traditional Businesses to Stay Ahead with Digital Transformation 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	HVAC Energy Saving Retrofit Design in China Shopping Malls: - Chong Qing Mega Mall Project - Beijing Sanlitun Taikoo Li Shopping Mall by Fan Wu (Goodreads Author), Yang Yang 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“You can never forget the past unless you face up to it.”
― Fan Wu, February Flowers

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