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Irish Times, Best Fiction of 2026 to Look Forward To"Visionary, uncanny, yet down-to-earth, Can Xue's voice is unique in Chinese, and global, fiction. This moving, magical novel celebrates the transformative power of literature itself-and shows why great readers make great lovers."-Boyd Tonkin, author of The 100 Best Novels in Translation"Are there differences between perceiving, remembering, imagining, and dreaming? And which do we use while reading? Can Xue writes as if the boundaries between these activities barely exist. In The Enchanting Lives of Others, her characters glide between mind-...Read More