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‘He goes by instinct’: Translator Jeremy Tiang on the surreal short stories of Shuang Xuetao
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Chinese author Shuang Xuetao’s collection of 11 short stories, Hunter, will leave readers grasping – not just for the next page, but also for something solid to hold on to.
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SINGAPORE – The driver of a night ambulance rounds a bend at 140kmh with his eyes tight shut. An alien threatens genocide unless a lost sentence is recovered. Old envelopes literally terrorise a celebrity, forcing her to spew insults.
Chinese author Shuang Xuetao’s collection of 11 short stories, Hunter, will leave readers grasping – not just for the next page, but also for something solid to hold on to.
