Other interventions are more fruitful, like the decision to title Anna Wu’s story “戴珍珠耳环的少女” (the girl with the pearl earring) in the original Dutch as “Meisje met de Parel” to avoid confusion with other literary and cinematographic works inspired by of Vermeer’s painting. Anyway, one can just skip on to the next story. But who am I to talk, I’m offering up my own readings all the time including right now. I prefer Ni’s evocative title over the more literal translation “the bookshop at the end of the universe” (the Douglas Adams reference is getting a little worn), and the idea of a roaming library piloted by a contemporary incarnation of an ancient Chinese goddess will excite bibliophiles of all galaxies.Įach story is followed by an anecdotal epilogue introducing the author and offering a mini-interpretation of the narrative, which, combined with foot notes explaining Chinese terms and idioms as well as a list of author bios at the end of the book, is a bit too much guidance for my taste. Clarke’s Monolith in 2001 A Space Odyssey to explore the difference between knowledge and learning. Jiang Bo’s “Starship: Library” (宇宙尽头的书店) combines a structure reminiscent of Jorge Luis Borges’s “The Library of Babel” with Arthur C. The overweight of male protagonists, casual gender stereotyping, and the odd dash of not too subtle patriotism made me a bit tired at times, but luckily several of the stories depart from this pattern.
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Born Josephine Juliet Grossman on January 21, 1923, in New York City died of heart failure on September 12, 1997, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada daughter of Schlomo Grossman and Ethel (Hurwitch) Grossman attended City College (now City College of New York), 1939–40 Rochdale College, B.A., 1970 married three times, once to Frederick Pohl (a science-fiction writer) from 1949 to 1953 children: Merril Zissman McDonald Ann Pohl. Name variations: Josephine Juliet Grossman (pseudonyms) Ernest Hamilton, Cyril Judd, Rose Sharon, Eric Thorstein. American science-fiction writer and lauded anthologist. She must keep the truth hidden or be sent back to the fringes of society.Īnd school couldn't prepare her for the difficult choices she must make after graduation, especially when she is asked to spy for a resistance group desperately fighting to bring equality to Medio. 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