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Chinese Fables

With Bi Feiyu and Chan Koonchung

Presented by English PEN Telegram Books and Transworld Publishers

Tue 23 Aug 2011, 5:30pm

Free Word Lecture Theatre

We’re delighted to bring two of China’s most respected and controversial authors together in this unique event at the Free Word Centre.

Bi Feiyu won this year’s Man Asian Literary Prize for his masterful novel Three Sisters. The author was due to visit the UK last year to promote his book – an epic portrayal of contemporary Chinese culture – but was caught in visa bureaucracy. Chan Koonchung’s political fable The Fat Years, banned in China, will be available to the British public as of July 2011. Join these two fascinating writers as they discuss fables, families – and fat years – with critic Lucy Popescu (author of The Good Tourist).