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.
Jianan Qian on Granta.com
Fiction | Issue 169
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
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.
