title: Advanced Reader of Contemporary Chinese Short Stories: Reflections on Humanity
author: Ying Wang
description: "An excellent and much-needed resource for the study of contemporary China."<i>China Review International</i>
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  JING-JING LEE was born and raised in Singapore. She obtained a master’s degree
  in Creative Writing from the University of Oxford in 2011, and has since seen
  her poetry and short stories published in various journals and anthologies.
  How We Disappeared is her first novel. She currently lives in Amsterdam.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ADVANCE PRAISE FOR  
  HOW WE DISAPPEARED
  
  
  ‘A beautifully controlled novel that tells an utterly compelling and important
  story. Jing-Jing Lee’s prose is crystal clear, the narrative scope is sweeping
  and devastating, and the story is as deeply felt and well observed as it is
  captivating.’
  
  
  Caoilinn Hughes, author of Orchid & the Wasp
  
  
  ‘Jing-Jing Lee writes like a poet… This was a hard story to tell, to hear and
  to read, but it is also an important story that demands to exist and Jing-Jing
  Lee has brought it to life… Congratulations. Every single hour I spent reading
  this was an hour that could not have been better spent.’
  
  
  Catherine Chanter, author of