Comments on: Why the LA Review of Books is Wrong About Popular New China Novel https://thenanfang.com/larb-publishes-ill-judged-review-of-china-based-novel/ Daily news and views from China. Mon, 28 Sep 2015 19:36:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.1 By: CHINA https://thenanfang.com/larb-publishes-ill-judged-review-of-china-based-novel/#comment-11715 Sat, 20 Dec 2014 02:38:00 +0000 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/?p=34299#comment-11715 I do love me a good literary debate! It’s refreshing to see someone stand up to the literati.

]]> By: Kevin McGeary https://thenanfang.com/larb-publishes-ill-judged-review-of-china-based-novel/#comment-11707 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 11:44:00 +0000 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/?p=34299#comment-11707 I Fisk the parts of the article that talk about Barker’s novel. The article also reviews another piece of fiction about China. But indeed I was unaware that “Fisking” required a job being done on the whole thing.

The assertions about central casting and ignoring complexity are both demonstrably untrue. I think if you read the novel you’ll agree.

]]> By: FOARP https://thenanfang.com/larb-publishes-ill-judged-review-of-china-based-novel/#comment-11706 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 09:19:00 +0000 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/?p=34299#comment-11706 “the review by Pierre Fuller of University of Manchester contains some assertions that are factually inaccurate and others that are just plain silly. The most efficient way of dealing with some of the assertions is to Fisk them”

I haven’t read the book, so I have no idea whether it is good or not, but:

1) A proper Fisking would involve going through the entire piece point-by-point. You didn’t do that.

2) You didn’t point out anything that was a factual inaccuracy, but instead criticised what appear to be matters of opinion (e.g., whether or not the books characters “appear to have come from central casting”).

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