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ACIAC Seminar: Inventing China - Friday 5 April
From: Cynthia Li
Valid from: Saturday 23 March 2019 to Friday 5 April 2019
Abstract
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Several of Linda Jaivin’s novels are set in China, including 'A Most Immoral Woman' and 'The Empress Lover'. In this seminar, she will talk about the inspiration, the research and the process of writing. She will also address the question: can anyone claim to ‘own’ the China story?
Biography
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Linda Jaivin is the author of 11 books, including seven novels. Her book-length fiction includes the international bestseller 'Eat Me; The Infernal Optimist', which is set in an Australian Immigration Detention Centre and was shortlisted for the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal; and her two ‘China novels’ - 'A Most Immoral Woman' and 'The Empress Lover'. She is also a literary translator with a specialty in film subtitling. The dozens of films she has subtitled include Wong Kar Wai’s 'Grandmaster', Chen Kaige’s 'Farewell my Concubine' and 'Legend of the Demon Ca't, Zhang Yimou’s 'To Live' and Dante Lam's 'Operation Red Sea'.
Details
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Date: Friday 5 April
Time: 3.00 - 4.00pm
Venue: Building EZ, Ground Floor, Room EZ.G.23, Whitlam Institute (Female Orphan School), Parramatta South campus
RSVP: Limited seats - please RSVP before Thursday 4 April. For more information and to RSVP, please visit https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/aciac/events/aciac_seminar_inventing_china.