- Published: 1 June 2014
- ISBN: 9781590177259
- Imprint: NY Review Books
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 176
- RRP: $32.99
Last Words from Montmartre
- Published: 1 June 2014
- ISBN: 9781590177259
- Imprint: NY Review Books
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 176
- RRP: $32.99
“Moving in its honest revelation of her innermost self, [which is] after all the magic of literature.” —Wang Dan, Chinese Tiananmen dissident and Harvard PhD
“Qiu Miaojin...had an exceptional talent. Her voice is assertive, intellectual, witty, lyrical, and intimate. Several years after her death, her works continue to command a huge following.” —Tze-lan Deborah Sang
“What makes Kerouac or Salinger timeless is not necessarily literary, but perhaps didactic: the fact that there is wisdom to be found at the fountain of youth, no matter what time one arrives. Of course, there is also a saintliness reserved for those authors who are able to make an interesting life story for themselves, and that order includes Qiu Miaojin.” —Bonnie Huie, PEN America blog
“Qiu’s unique literary style mingl[es] cerebral, experimental language use, psychological realism, biting social critique through allegory, and a surrealist effect deriving from the use of arrestingly unusual metaphors.” —Fran Martin