Qiu Xiaolong
Author of Death of a Red Heroine
About the Author
Qiu Xiaolong teaches Chinese Literature at Washington University.
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Works by Qiu Xiaolong
Treasury of Chinese Love Poems: In Chinese and English (Hippocrene Treasury of Love) (2003) 17 copies
The Inspector Chen Collection 1-3: Death of a Red Heroine, A Loyal Character Dancer, When Red is Black (2015) 3 copies
Amour, meurtre et pandémie 2 copies
2004 1 copy
2005 1 copy
Il dossier di Wuhan 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Qiu Xiaolong
- Legal name
- 裘小龙
- Other names
- 裘小龙
- Birthdate
- 1953
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- China
- Birthplace
- Shanghai, China
- Places of residence
- Shanghai, China
St. Louis, Missouri, USA - Education
- Washington University (PhD - Comparative Literature)
- Occupations
- novelist
poet
translator
literary critic - Awards and honors
- Edgar Award nomination (best first novel)
- Short biography
- Qiu Xiaolong was born in Shanghai. The Cultural Revolution began in his last year of elementary school, and out of school, out of work, he studied English by himself in a local park. In 1977, he began his studies at East China Normal University in Shanghai, and then the Chinese Academy of Social Science in Beijing. In 1988, he came to Washington University in St. Louis as a Ford Foundation fellow to do a project on Eliot, but after the Tiananmen tragedy of 1989, he decided to stay on. He lives there still with his wife and daughter.
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Reviews
Don't cry, Tai Lake by Xiaolong Qiu
Bit heavy on the poetry, but it added to a fairly standard plot & characters with a nice Chinese flavor
A much more wobbly and erratic plot, but one with likely parallels to the author's life.
Por una vez, la llamada de un alto cargo que recibe el inspector jefe Chen Cao, del Departamento de Policía de Shanghai, es para darle una buena noticia: le ofrecen unas vacaciones en el complejo privado que el partido tiene en Wuxi, a orillas del lago Tai. Pero a su llegada descubre que el lago, célebre por sus aguas cristalinas, está contaminado por residuos tóxicos procedentes de las fábricas de la zona. El director de una de esas fábricas, un empresario del que Pekín esperaba «grandes cosas», aparece asesinado, y al poco detienen a un activista medioambiental al que acusan del crimen. Chen conoce poco después a Shanshan, una bella joven, ansiosa por demostrar la inocencia del sospechoso. Y se ve obligado a actuar con cautela. Rodeado de corrupción, presiones políticas y rencores largo tiempo ocultos, Chen querrá desentrañar los motivos que se esconden tras el asesinato.… (more)
3.5 rounded up. Enjoyed the characters and details about life and politics in China in the early 90s. Will read the next book in the series.
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- Works
- 33
- Also by
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- Members
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- Popularity
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- Rating
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- ISBNs
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