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ISSN: 2219-7109
Soft cover, 262 pages
Size: 170 x 235 mm

Price: HK$78 / US$9.95

MaLa – the Chengdu Bookworm Literary Journal is a collection of short fiction, literary non-fiction, poetry and work in translation, supported by art works and photography. The MaLa Faultlines Issue looks at geological fractures and beyond, to intersections of gender, class, age and culture. Featured in this Faultlines Issue:

Original works by award-winning American writer, comedian and radio contributor David Sedaris, Leave Me Alone Chengdu author Murong Xuecan, the Inspector Chen series author Qiu Xiaolong, Hong-Kong based humorist Nury Vittachi

Interviews with Bi Feiyu, Jonathan Watts, Peter Hessler

Chengdu photographer Zhou An’s images of Shuijingfang

Photojournalist Lei Yu’s documentation of the Wenchuan Earthquake

New Fiction from China and Beyond

Reportage and Memoir from Wenchuan

Poetry in Translation by Xi Yongjun, Han Dong and Ma Yan

Excerpts from Ian Buruma, Fergal Keane, Graham Earnshaw, Roy Kesey and Michael Kohn.

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