The Bookstore

Hosted ByBecca & Corinne

It's like a book club, but we actually read the book. Join hosts Becca and Corinne as they recreate their days working and hanging out at their local independent book store.

58 – Notes of a Crocodile by Qui Miaojin

This week we give ourselves a bit of a history lesson as we read Qiu Miaojin’s Notes of a Crocodile, a satire of Taiwanese society in the late 80s and 90s.

Correction for this episode: Becca refers to Qiu Miaojin as Miaojin instead of as Qiu, her surname. Apologies for that mistake.

Articles referenced:

https://longreads.com/2018/06/07/a-crocodile-in-paris-the-queer-classics-of-qiu-miaojin/

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/consider-the-crocodile-qiu-miaojins-lesbian-bestiary/

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/05/books/review/notes-of-a-crocodile-qiu-miaojin.html

 

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