Title: A matter of style
Product review: Lisa Michaels, from The New York Times Book Review, hits it right on the nose: "Reading Can Xue's fiction is like running downhill in the dark; you've got momentum, but you don't know where you're headed.... the stories in The Embroidered Shoes describe strange, disordered worlds where people speak in riddles and time and setting are as fickle as the wind."If this is a style you enjoy, then go for it. To me, it was a very hard, dissatisfying read. As a reader, i prefer to have more structure and more guidance from the author. I found Can Xue's stories disjointed and poorly integrated. Please beware...
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