Happy Lunar New Year from the USC US-China Institute!
Yu Hua: The Making of China in Ten Words
Pomona College will co-sponsor an event featuring author Yu Hua.
When:
November 9, 2011 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Yu Hua is one of China's most celebrated contemporary authors, and his work has been translated into more than twenty languages. His novels include Cries in the Drizzle (1991), To Live (1992, later made into a feature film by Zhang Yimou), and Chronicle of a Blood Merchant (1995). In 2005-6, his most recent novel Xiongdi (Brothers) was published in China, where it became an immediate best-seller. In this talk he will discuss and read from his latest book, a volume of essays entitled China in Ten Words, just published in English. In Chinese, with English interpretation.
This lecture is made possible by the Chan Visiting Asian Scholars Fund.
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Phone Number:
(909) 621-8000
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