To Westerners China has often seemed a monolith, speaking with one voice whether that of an ancient dynasty, a socialist state, or an economic powerhouse. "Chutzpah New Voices from China" shatters this illusion, giving Western readers a rare chance to listen to the brilliant polyphony of Chinese fiction today.
Here, in the realms of realism and fantasy, and portraying worlds lyrical, gritty, or wildly avant-garde, sixteen selections three of which are nonfiction by up-and-coming Chinese writers take readers from the suburbs of Nanjing to the mountains of Xinjiang Province, from London s...