Friday, November 21, 2008

Christmas Wolves

A review of Jiang Rong's novel Wolf Totem in the NCJ. (I misindentified Gao Xingjian as Gao Xindan. Sorry!)

Bonus: check out the new SYNTHAR Christmas song, "Pawn Shop Christmas" on the compilation album Peace on Earth II, availble for $7.50 from the music blog Hard to Find a Friend. The comp features American Analog Set, Karl Blau, and a bunch of other hip bands, and all proceeds benefit the Children of Uganda Fund.

2 comments:

andrew said...

so do you recommend "Wolf Totem"?

peripatetically yours,
andrew

Joel said...

Yeah, I think I do. It's a little tedious at times, but if you want to learn something about China and especially Mongolia, it's worth reading. Do you like Jack London? It's very much in that vein.