Alison Watts
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Literary translator, sashiko fanatic and dog lover.
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Today in the ARB: Ben Woollard reviews “Ryu” by Akira Higashiyama (Wang Zhen-xu), tr fm Japanese by Alison Watts (26letters @Cardinal_Pub) "Higashiyama was born in Taipei in 1968 to a family that, like his protagonist, originally hailed from Shandong" asianreviewofbooks.com/ryu-by-akira...
June 24, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Today in the ARB: Ben Woollard reviews “Ryu” by Akira Higashiyama (Wang Zhen-xu), tr fm Japanese by Alison Watts (26letters @Cardinal_Pub) "Higashiyama was born in Taipei in 1968 to a family that, like his protagonist, originally hailed from Shandong" asianreviewofbooks.com/ryu-by-akira...
Just finished a 105,000 word translation that is not cozy, nor does it feature food, books or any kind of animal. お楽しみにしてください！
December 28, 2024 at 5:14 AM
Just finished a 105,000 word translation that is not cozy, nor does it feature food, books or any kind of animal. お楽しみにしてください！
Read for enjoyment but be educated too. This beautiful piece of memoir by Xiao Hai is compelling. It's about a youth spent working in the sweatshop factories of China. Apparently he's a poet living in Beijing now, and I'm not surprised. Translated by Tony Hao.
granta.com/adrift-in-th...
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Adrift in the South | Xiao Hai | Granta
‘I’ve been drifting around the country for sixteen years, sixteen dreamlike years that began in China’s land of milk and honey in the early 2000s, the southern border city of Shenzhen.’
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December 10, 2024 at 6:56 AM
Read for enjoyment but be educated too. This beautiful piece of memoir by Xiao Hai is compelling. It's about a youth spent working in the sweatshop factories of China. Apparently he's a poet living in Beijing now, and I'm not surprised. Translated by Tony Hao.
granta.com/adrift-in-th...
granta.com/adrift-in-th...