It hangs from the knife.
You have corrupted my imagination and inflamed my blood. I am beginning to enjoy all this.
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‘It is true that the act of writing is dancing with shackles on, but these should be artistic shackles, not political ones.’
Chen Xiwo
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About the Authors
Chen Xiwo once worked as a ‘mamasan’ in a Tokyo brothel. For many of his readers, The Book of Sins represents the pinnacle of his multiple award-winning writing career to date. Chen Xiwo was described by Asia Sentinel as ‘one of China’s most outspoken voices on freedom of expression for writers.’
Nicky Harman lives in the UK. She has worked as a literary translator for a dozen years and in 2011 was Translator-in-Residence at the London Free Word Centre. Authors she has translated include Dorothy Tse, Chan Koonchung, Yan Geling, Han Dong, Hong Ying and Xinran.