Title: Very, very badly translated
Product review: I'm an Overseas Chinese and reading this book in English just seemed so weird because the ideas and style in which he writes is very very Chinese. The translator doesn't even stop (or footnote) in order to truely differenciate say between the use of 'Lao Gong' as opposed to 'Zhang Fu'. They mean the same thing (husband) but the subtle differences make a hell lot in such a poetic book. My conclusion is that it's a really badly translated book where all the magic is lost. I can't imagine a non-Chinese person reading it and truely getting the full impact of it. I just hope the Nobel organization did not award him the prize based on this book or translations of such poor quality. Otherwise I can't help but question if it was all just a matter of "First Chinese to win the Nobel literature prize" card that was behind the decision. Skip this book, you're better off with Nien Cheng
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