{"id":5031,"date":"2005-11-03T08:16:37","date_gmt":"2005-11-03T15:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2005\/11\/03\/a-novel-by-someone-takes-china-by-storm-howard-w-french-updated\/"},"modified":"2005-11-03T08:16:37","modified_gmt":"2005-11-03T15:16:37","slug":"a-novel-by-someone-takes-china-by-storm-howard-w-french-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2005\/11\/a-novel-by-someone-takes-china-by-storm-howard-w-french-updated\/","title":{"rendered":"A Novel, by Someone, Takes China by Storm – Howard W. French (UPDATED)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nFrom the New York Times<\/a>:\n<\/p>\n \nFor the author of one of China’s best-selling novels <\/a>of recent years, and moreover, one about rugged life among wolves on the Mongolian plains, Jiang Rong makes a surprisingly timid introduction.<\/p>\n “I am sorry, I have no name cards,” said the man meekly as he entered the living room of his home here, where a foreigner was waiting to see him recently. Having no cards, at least, seemed appropriate, for much about Mr. Jiang, beginning with his real name, is a mystery.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \nSee also: From the New York Times: For the author of one of China’s best-selling novels of recent years, and moreover, one about rugged life among wolves on the Mongolian plains, Jiang Rong makes a surprisingly timid introduction. “I am sorry, I have no name cards,” said the man meekly as he entered the living room of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[2103,2386,2385],"class_list":["post-5031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","tag-jiang-rong","tag-mongolia","tag-wolf-totem","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
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– an electronic version<\/a> of the book (in Chinese) via Sina.com.
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– the post “Wolf Totem<\/a>” on the Useless Tree blog
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– “Jackson buys film rights to Wolf Totem<\/a>” from Stuff.co.nz UPDATE: See “Jackson not buying wolf movie rights<\/a>” from Stuff.co.nz.
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– “Best-seller urges Chinese to release their inner wolf<\/a>” from the Telegraph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"