Books Quote by Mark Elvin

“In reading Western science fiction, Chinese readers discover the fears and hopes of Man, the modern Prometheus, for his destiny, which is also his…

— Xia Jia

“A spectacular novel of colonial China that should put this first-time author on the map.” - Kirkus Reviews”

— Milena Banks

In February of this year I returned to China to research my next book. The authorities know about the novels of mine that have…

— Ma Jian

“I have taken a different approach. One that I hope is more easily accessible to the reader’s emotional imagination, though less analytically systematic. I…

— Mark Elvin

“Shanghaied is a sailing story but it’s about more than sailing. It will steal you away in the best way, take you to a…

— Jon Howe

Although there is a very large literature, still growing almost daily, on the Chinese calendar, its interest is, we suggest, much more archaeological and…

— Joseph Needham

Life is too short to waste time reading shitty literature. There are plenty of other books in the sea...~D.

— D Michael Hardy

I think that China has many outstanding authors, and their great works should also be recognised by the world.

— Mo Yan

And so, when I began to read the proffered pages, I at one moment lost the train of thought in the text and drowned…

— Milorad Pavić

“The reading of old books enables us to avoid becoming passive captives of the Spirit of the Age by keeping “the clean sea breeze…

— Alister E. McGrath

My works are Chinese literature, which is part of world literature. They show the life of Chinese people as well as the country's unique…

— Mo Yan

“Of all my novels, this book will stand out for me because of the sea change it inspired in the way I think about…

— Jodi Picoult