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The translation of Wolf Totem works, as far as I can tell. At times the dialogue is reminiscent of sub-titles, but I don’t know, perhaps they talk like that there. The descriptions and narrative are clear and flowing and vivid. The story is literature. Those used to the predictable linearity...

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Like the landscape in which it is set, Wolf Totem can seem to those who have never lived in such a place both pedestrian and mystical at the same time. As it is a translation, it is hard to judge the use of language, the dialogue, even the analogies. I would like to hear from someone who...

For me, the most astonishing moment of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime was . The persona of the main character seems flawless, the narrative seamless, the writing so skillful as to put the reader into the mind and mindset of a boy with Asperger's.