Jianan Qian
Jianan Qian writes in both Chinese and English. In her native Chinese, she has published four books. In English, she is a staff writer for The Millions; her works have appeared in the New York Times, Guernica, the Bare Life Review and elsewhere.
Jianan Qian on Granta.com
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Best Book of 1993: To Live
Jianan Qian
Jianan Qian on why Yu Hua’s To Live is the best book of 1993.
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Jianan Qian | First Sentence
Jianan Qian
‘For every witness, history unfolded at some other time, and in some other place.’ Jianan Qian on the first sentence of her story, ‘To the Dogs’.
Fiction | The Online Edition
To the Dogs
Jianan Qian
A short story by Jianan Qian on stray dogs, desperation and re-education in rural China during the Cultural Revolution.
