Karen Gernant is professor emerita of Chinese history. Together with Chen Zeping, she has translated numerous works of Chinese literature.
‘I knew the stones inside me were the same ones that were outside: they were colluding with each other.’
A story by Can Xue, translated from the Chinese by Karen Gernant and Chen Zeping.
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