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The Emperor Far Away – Book Talk with David Eimer
David Eimer is the author of The Emperor Far Away: Travels at the Edge of China, a travelogue that explores modern-day China along with its history and culture. Eimer first visited China in 1988, and has since visited almost every province, and written extensively about it for Lonely Planet. He lived in Beijing from 2005-2012, where he was the China correspondent for the Sunday Telegraph as well as a columnist and feature writer for the South China Morning Post.
Traveling through the Islamic areas of Xinjiang province, into the forbidden zone of Tibet and across Route 219, which runs the rough boundary shared with India, the only disputed frontier in China, Eimer exposes the country’s inner conflict. All the tensions in China today―from its war against drugs and terrorism and the unstable relationships it maintains with Russia and Korea to its internal social issues―take on new meaning when seen from China’s most remote corners. The Emperor Far Away is a brilliant melding of journalism and history and essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary China.
50RMB, 40RMB (Members)
How to Transform a Slum: The Story of the Favela Monte Azul, São Paulo
In her book The Bridge-Builder (so far in German only), Dunja Batarilo tells a true and fascinating story about how to find a solution to this global challenge. Based on countless interviews and on-site research, she renders touching yet informative insights on life in a Brazilian slum and today’s Brazil.
The transformation of the Favela Monte Azul shows that “those who want to change the world need to start with the children” (Ghandi). It also illustrates how to transform a slum community — from a situation of crime and despair to one of hope and potential.
Also: are there lessons to be learned from China? How is China dealing with the growing social gap, and which effect did the Beijing Olympics have on the country?
50RMB, 40RMB (Members)
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Documentary Film + Director Q-and-A: “Our Marriages: When Lesbians Marry Gay Men”
The Bookworm is proud to screen the documentary film Our Marriages, which tells the story of four lesbians who search online for gay men to marry. He Xiaopei, director of Pink Space Sexuality Research Centre and one of the film’s directors, will be at The Bookworm to introduce the movie and answer questions afterwards.
You can also catch He in a panel discussion at the Bookworm Literary Festival with Roxane Gay and Xiao Meili.
50 RMB (40 rmb members)
The Bookworm Book Club: The Story of My Teeth, by 2016 Bookworm Literary Festival author Valeria Luiselli
Highway is a late-in-life world traveler, yarn spinner, collector, and legendary auctioneer. His most precious possessions are the teeth of the “notorious infamous” like Plato, Petrarch, and Virginia Woolf. Written in collaboration with the workers at a Jumex juice factory, Teeth is an elegant, witty, exhilarating romp through the industrial suburbs of Mexico City and Luiselli’s own literary influences.
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