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Jianan Qian

Jianan Qian is a bilingual writer from Shanghai. She has published four books in her native language. In English, her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and the Millions.

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Fiction | Issue 169 padlock
Fiction | Issue 169 padlock

The Piranhas

Jianan Qian

‘In the end, the real world always finds a way to live up to rumor.’

Fiction by Jianan Qian, translated by Jianan Qian and Alyssa Asquith.

Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
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
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
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.

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