Inspector Chen and Me: A Collection of Inspector Chen Stories - Softcover

Qiu, Xiaolong

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1720197725 ISBN 13: 9781720197720

Publisher: Independently published, 2018

Synopsis

For the Inspector Chen series, one of the most commonly asked questions from the readers is: How much is Inspector Chen and how much is Qiu Xiaolong? It is tricky question since selves are being continuously constructed and deconstructed in the interaction among others, not just between the characters and the author. Relatedly, how Chen became Inspector Chen, and how I came to write the Inspector Chen series? So this small book was written partially in response to the questions. It was also done for so many readers anxious for the new Inspector Chen novels. In fact, Hold Your Breath, China, the latest in the series, is coming out in French and Italian in November, and hopefully in English soon. Before that, Inspector Chen and Me may serve as an appetizer.

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Review

"Inspector Chen and Me" seems to combine both fiction and nonfiction. Is it part memoir, since it tells much about his childhood in Shanghai?

"You can call it a memoir," Qiu wrote. "For me, it's more like anexperiment of mixed genre writing. One reason ... is to answer a questionmost frequently asked by my readers: How much of Inspector Chen is me,or vice versa?"

- St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1720197725
• ISBN 13: 9781720197720
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 150