Sex and Satire in Wang Xiaobo’s Golden Age
By using the language of the state to highlight the absurdity of their laws, Xiaobo made a satire that is both amusing and effective.
Golden Age
A Family Tree of Books You Need a Family Tree to Read
Let’s start with One Hundred Years of Solitude, to prove after last time that I do, in fact, love Gabriel García Márquez, and because where else would I start? By me, there is no better family novel than One Hundred Years of Solitude. The novel is nominally the story of the town of Macondo, told…