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Wolf Totem

Glancing back over my blog posts in recent weeks, I realize I may sound like an idiot- all the books I've recommended are fluff in one form or another. Good sometimes, but the intellect also needs a book to sink its teeth into (yes, some minds have teeth, sharp ones). So I've got something out there for the eggheads among us: Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong, winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2007, awarded to books by Asian authors not yet translated into English. This book about a young Chinese intellectual being sent to Outer Mongolia for "reeducation" during China's Cultural Revolution is as much about environmentalism and spirituality as it is a...Read more

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