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she provides revealing glimpses of Chinese Life - both traditional and modern - as she depicts a world of concubines and opium addicts

Finalist for the 2016 Epigram Books Fiction Prize

Penny Gay has written a new introduction to this updated edition of Shakespeare's popular comedy

the Chinese of colonial Malaya still cling to ancient customs

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Condition:Well Read and office politicsIn 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he'd completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races, not to mention triathlons and a slew of critically acclaimed books, he reflects upon the influence the sport has had on his life and on his writing. Equal parts travelogue, training log, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his four month