Chinese Literature Podcast

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Rob Moore and Lee Moore discuss Dong Xi’s Record of Regret with Dylan Levi King

 

Now available in English translation from Dylan Levi King, Dong Xi’s Record of Regret (first published by People’s Literature Press in 2005) exists at the intersection of sex and ideology. Telling the story of Ceng Guangxian, the grandchild of a landlord whose property was confiscated by the communists in 1949, the book memorably begins with deux chiens fourrent. Rob and Lee quiz Dylan on Dong Xi’s literary inspirations (“a mix of socialist realism and Madame Bovary“), his darkly funny, Kafkaesque takes on social alienation, and reception of his writing in China:

 

The Chinese Literature Podcast is recorded on the not so-sunny Eugene, Oregon, campus of the University of Oregon, with the generous support of the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies.