The DKU Intercultural Book Club is hosted by Austin Woerner in partnership with the Duke Kunshan University Library.

Each session the Book Club will choose one book to read in both English and Chinese. Read in whichever language you prefer and come ready to discuss your reactions to the book with other readers who may have experienced it in the other language!

昆杜跨文化读书会是由 Austin Woerner （温侯廷）与昆山杜克大学图书馆携手主持的一个文学社团。

每个月我们会选一本有中英文版的书，大家可以选自己喜欢的版本（中文版或英文版）然后一起分享各自的阅读心得。

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Jin Yong, Legend of the Condor Heroes (Part 1)

Friday, September 21, 2018
3:30 PM 5:00 PM 15:30 17:00

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金庸，《射雕英雄传》第一册

Jin Yong, Legend of the Condor Heroes, Part 1: A Hero Born (tr. Anna Holmwood)

Legend of the Condor Heroes is one of the most widely read novels by one of the most widely read and well-loved authors in the Chinese language. Jin Yong is considered the father of 武侠 wuxia (martial arts) fiction and I have met very few younger Chinese people who did not devour his writing as a teenager. Anna Holmwood's translation of A Hero Born is the first authorized translation of this "Chinese Tolkien" into English.