Gold Boy, Emerald Girl: Stories Audiobook

" The novella was better than the short stories IMO. But on the whole, I didn't think these stories held a candle to Ha Jin's short stories, told around the same time and of the same generation and era. "

" I wanted to enjoy this book, and read through, but I admit that I skimmed parts of it. None of the characters were intriguing and likable -- I found myself indifferent to and bored by their melancholy... "

" A thread of loneliness connects these stories of the educated in Beijing. Melancholy and ambiguous. "

" Intelligent, poetic writing. The stories left me sad. "

" she seems obsessed with the relationship between older women and younger women and older men and younger women or older men. quirky. didn't like this collection as much as her first short story collection. "

" Melancholy and spare short stories. Several of them were quite good, and I'll probably read her again in the future, but I found the collection as a whole to be hit-or-miss. The first novella-like story was waaayyy too long, and a few others bored me a little. "

" Good collection. Deals alot with issues of parenting, adoption, family dynamics, in a Chinese context. "

" a bit depressing for this time of year but the writing is excellent and kept me in the book "