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The Last Communist Virgin
Reviews
Kirkus Reviews:
"Though well linked, the seven stories function independently, which not only speaks to the author's narrative abilities, but also serves as a poignant metaphor for the splintered community she describes. . . . Thorough and thought-provoking."
Neworld Review:
“Offers a kaleidoscope of insights into the experience of modern Chinese caught in the fall out of political and cultural change. . . . Our souls are fed and challenged by Wang Ping’s work. She presents an unjudging, yet uncompromising record of our struggle as humans to flourish on the planet while holding our hearts in place of openness and possilibity.”
Publishers Weekly:
"Wang goes far beyond typical immigration story fare into uncharted territory."
Venus:
"The stories cohere as a record of the fractured relations between a country's shifting identity and its displaced citizens. . . . fierce, cynical, and incisive."
Whistling Shade:
“Juxtapose[s] naïve and refined characters, layering Chinese fairy tales over life’s cold reality. . . . A rich and compelling diary of humanity.”
Women’s Review of Books:
“Often breathtakingly beautiful and profoundly elegiac, The Last Communist Virgin is the real deal.”
Louise Erdrich:
"The Last Communist Virgin is a wickedly funny book. Wang Ping is a writer of clarity and surprising innocence."
Lisa See:
"Wang Ping's The Last Communist Virgin is a beauty of a collection. She has interwoven the earthiness of China and the harshness of immigrant life, as well as the pull of the homeland and the lure of the new land, to create a series of short stories that are at once pitiful, heartbreaking, funny, and deeply inspiring. ‘The Homecoming of an Old Beijing Man' is the most spot-on portrait of contemporary China I've read anywhere."
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