China Institute in America is honored to present an exclusive conversation with the internationally acclaimed author, Yan Geling. Join us for a captivating session where literature meets life, offering insights into the creative world of one of the most distinguished voices in contemporary fiction. Yan Geling will delve into her new book, “Milati,” followed by a conversation with Susan Yuqing Feng, Director of Programs at China Institute.
“Milati” unfolds in the early 1980s in China, capturing a pivotal moment in the life of a twenty-year-old woman name Milati. Leaving her career as a dancer in an army performance troupe, Milati undergoes the most crucial transition in her life: from a passive performer of art, she becomes a young writer who thinks and creates independently. The early eighties setting reflects a major reshuffle of ideas about love, sex, freedom, democracy. People’s perceptions and patterns of behavior change have changed overnight in a subversive way; that which was once impossible becomes possible, and the possibilities seem endless: extramarital love, one-night stands, disco, black-light parties, underground publishing, painting with nude models, and on and on.
Copies of the book (in Chinese language) will be available for purchase on site and can be signed by the author.
This event is in collaboration with SJTUSM Alumni Forum.
This program is made possible through the support of the Chinese International Education Foundation, and generous supporters of China Institute.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
China Institute’s cultural programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
