My Destiny is the third Liang Xiaosheng book brought into English translation, but the first novel. It follows the short story collection The Black Button published by Panda Books in 1992, and the …

I arrived at the Foreign Affairs Office at the end of the day with the feeling of having misplaced something. Classes had gone smoothly enough.

La Villa Castel dans le XXe arrondissement, confetti préservé d'un passé plus champêtre, perpétue la mémoire du vieux Belleville disparu lor...