Chinese literature has never been all that popular in the West. But recently there have been signs that the world outside China is starting to wonder what all that literature the Middle Kingdom -- which is now the largest book market in the world -- actually says.
The strongest indication might be Mo Yan's Nobel Prize victory; just last year the Chinese author was awarded the coveted literary prize; the first author in China ever to win. But more recently there have been other signs, like Goldman Sachs buying into a Chinese online literature platform last month, or Harper Collins buying Xiao Bai's novel French Concession for $60,000 for publication in the US.
If you're looking for great Chinese literature, though, you don't need to wait for Mo Yan's next novel or for Xiao Bai's book to come out. Lu Xun, the father of modern Chinese literature has a litany of works available in translation that are considered among China's absolute best. And if online snark is more your thing, luckily for you essayist, novelist, and online iconoclast Han Han has had an awful lot of his work translated into English, too.
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