Reports the China Daily:
China’s Su Tong (苏童), 46, won the prestigious Man Asian Literary Prize in Hong Kong yesterday, with his latest work, ‘The Boat to Redemption’ (河岸), a realistic novel set during the ‘cultural revolution’ (1966-76).
Its title, in Chinese, He An, means ‘river and shore’, representing the worlds of two different types of people – those who live on steady ground are politically reliable; those who live on boats are ‘exiles’ or politically questionable.
“I’m not sure if ‘The Boat to Redemption’ can help overseas readers know more about China. It’s just a novel centering on the fate of people caught in an absurd time,” Su said in an e-mail interview, adding his upcoming novel will be set in contemporary China.
Boat to Redemption is represented by Peony Literary Agency and will be published by Transworld UK in February 2010. For more information, contact Peony’s Marysia Juszczakiewicz in Hong Kong at marysia@peonyliteraryagency.com or Tina Chou at tina@peonyliteraryagency.com in Beijing.
Links of interest:
- Bertrand Miaralet interviews Su Tong in French: Le romancier chinois Su Tong écrit ses romans comme des films
- English-language book reviews of Su Tong’s Rice, Binu and the Great Wall and My Life as Emperor.
- Man Asian Prize detailed in Turkish news item: Asya Edebiyat Ödülü ikinci kez bir Çinli’nin
November 19th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Very well-put!