When the world moves to the right

Author: Mao Jian
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: This book includes dozens of essays and by Mao Jian. Mao Jian is from Ningbo, Zhejiang. He holds a Ph.D. from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Currently, he teaches at the Department of Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages at East China Normal University. His works include Very Crime, Very Beauty – Mao Jian’s Film Notes and Smiling Slowly – Mao Jian’s Self-Selected Collection. His writings encompass Western literature and film criticism, as well as column essays, published in Xinbao, Wenhuibao, Lianhe Zaobao, and Wanguang, Shanghai Literature, Shuke, among others. His writing style is playful, clever, witty, and humorous. He skillfully operates with imagery, often revealing ingenuity. He satirizes the world with both soft and hard approaches.