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“He is a recipient of the Newman Prize for Chinese Literature, among other awards.”
“In 1952, the durians ripened by June and their aroma wafted through Krokop, attracting hungry boars.”
“Bag-rhong and a group of children climbed into trees and other high places and ambushed the wild pigs with their slingshots.”
“Bag-rhong glanced up at his father’s solemn fortress of a face and then lowered his head to regard his father’s massive feet.”
“The bicycle flew like the wind along the muddy track leading from the Krokop River to the shops of the village, made of wood, ten to a row, each with a residence on the second floor, with a shared covered walkway in front.”
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“By the time Bag-rhong and the group of children had arrived at the foot of the jackfruit tree, villagers had already taken his father down and laid him on his back.”
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“Wildfire had already reached the grassy hill, and Bag-rhong watched as the coucals flew back and forth in a dither between the boxwood tree and the bushes, crying in distress.”
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“On feet held high, his father’s toes would transform into ten spirit snakes emerging from their burrows to dance and slither on that wall, or into any of several dozen birds and beasts.”
“Their delight mounted when they discovered that over half of the metal toys had working springs and could still click, chirp, hop, and skitter about like a mischievous pack of reincarnated imps.”
“They have not only captured Zhang’s texture, nuances, and flavor, but they have rendered it in fluid English that feels as close to a literary original as a translation can get.”
“Excerpted from The Crossing of the Boars: A Novel by Zhang Guixing.”
“Some slingshot projectiles clanked and skidded on the tin roofs of the stilt houses, irritating their inhabitants.”
“Villagers said his eyes had the cold gleam of blades, as if they harbored some uncontrollable urge to kill that had outlasted the war.”
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“About the Author Zhang Guixing (張貴興) was born in Sarawak, Malaysia, in 1956, and came to Taiwan twenty years later to attend university.”