Ep 14: Interview on Ba Jin: Hong Kong Nights
Listen @ The Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast EP66
Honored to join my fellow Chinese literature podcaster Angus in the sixty sixth episode of The Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast! We are adrift in Hong Kong Nights (香港之夜 / Xiāng Gǎng Zhīyè), as fleetingly recollected by Sichuan’s long-surviving left-anarchist writer, Ba Jin. We are here to talk about revolution, regret, and responsibility. Grab a seat on deck, comrade, brush up on your Bakunin, and let go of your transient identity as sights become sounds, and sounds become sights.
// MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE //
Various translated Ba Jin essays available on Anarchy Archives
Tianqi’s musical pairing: Hong Kong Nights 香港之夜 by Teresa Teng 鄧麗君
Angus’ musical pairing: Hieroglyph by Cynic
Dissenting from Ba Jin by Geremie Barmé // Available on DOUBAN and GDOCS
Family by Ba Jin (trans by Sidney Shapiro)
Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho
Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez
Social Class in the 21st Century by Mike Savage
The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction by Terry Eagleton