August 6th, 2012 at 6:59 am
Book Giveaway: Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City
This week our featured book will be the novel Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City, by Dung Kai-cheung and translated by Dung Kai-cheung, Anders Hansson, and Bonnie S. McDougall
Throughout the week we will highlight aspects of Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City. We are also offering a FREE copy of Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City to one winner.
To enter our book giveaway, simply e-mail pl2164@columbia.edu with your name and address (U.S. and Canadian mailing addresses only, unfortunately). We will randomly select one winner on Friday at 1:00 pm. Good luck and spread the word!
For more on the book, you can browse Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City in Google Preview; read the preface and excerpts, or an interview with Dung Kai-cheung.
Leo Ou-fan Lee wrote of Atlas: The Archeology of an Imaginary City:
A cross between fact and fiction, history and mystery, Jorge Luis Borges and Italo Calvino, this work defies all generic categories and now stands as a contemporary classic.


August 8th, 2012 at 12:25 pm
OMG!!!!! This one.. looks SO good!