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Mar 20, 2023 · Book extract. An extract from Ninth Building by Zou Jingzhi, translated by Jeremy Tiang. Ninth Building, originally written in Chinese, is longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023. Read an extract from the book here.
Zou Jingzhi’s novel Ninth Building was longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, announced on March 14 2023.
May 16, 2022 · Zou Jingzhi on Ninth Building. ‘There’s an ancient Chinese saying, about a child who has lost their mother: ‘I dream of mother, she was like a gust of wind’. A lonely child sees his mother in a dream at night; everything returns to normal in the daylight. He thought his mother came to see him.
Jun 12, 2023 · Ninth Building (jiudong) is a collection of essays Zou Jingzhi began writing in 1996 after the titular building where he grew up was demolished and replaced by a new one. The collection was published in 2010 and translated into English by Jeremy Tiang in 2022.
Oct 1, 2010 · Ninth Building by Zou Jingzhi (and translated into English by Jeremy Tiang) is a collection of stories, little snippets, about life during the Cultural Revolution in China.
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Ninth Building is a fascinating collection of vignettes drawn from Zou Jingzhi’s experience growing up during the Cultural Revolution, first as a boy in Beijing and then as a teenager exiled to the countryside.
Zou Jingzhi (邹静之, 1952) is a Chinese playwright. He has written the librettos for two Chinese-language western-style operas by woman composer Lei Lei: Xi Shi (opera) based on the story of Xi Shi, and The Chinese Orphan (2011) based on the story The Orphan of Zhao.
