A review by spacestationtrustfund
A Dictionary of Maqiao by Shaogong Han

3.0

Han Shaogong's unusual book was published in 1996 and translated into English a decade later in 2006. The translator, Julia Lovell, relates in her introduction that she asked Han Shaogong for permission to translate the book, whereupon he responded, "I am very happy that you wish to translate the book, but I'm afraid it will be terribly difficult." She did it anyway. My kind of book exactly.