Book review: Crystal Boys – Pai Hsien-yung

Title: Crystal Boys (1984) Author: Pai Hsien-yung Translator: Howard Goldblatt Publisher: Gay Sunshine Press (1989) Genre: literary fiction, LGBT Source: personal copy Challenges: Chinese Literature challenge, East and Southeast Asian Challenge, What’s in a Name 4 challenge Verdict: “When I went to bed I thought of my own father. I recalled the time he’d pinned [...]

Film review: When Love Comes [當愛來的時候]

Chinese title: 當愛來的時候 Year: 2010 Country: Taiwan R.O.C. Language: Mandarin, Taiwanese Director: Chang Tso-chi Production: Joseph Liao, Lu Kuo Fu, Chang Tso-chi Film Studio Cast: Gao Mengjie, He Zi-hua, Li Yi Jie, Lin Yu Shun, Lu Xue Feng, Wei Renqing Source: International Film Festival Rotterdam 2011 Verdict: