Fang Fang’s acts of resistance

The Running Flame is a gripping, heart-wrenching read by the Chinese author Fang Fang .

Set in the 1990s and based on interviews the author conducted with female death-row inmates.

Fang Fang’s 2016 novel Soft Burial received critical acclaim and prizes.

Then, within the space of a few months , it was denounced and removed from bookshops.

The Running Flame by Fang Fang , translated by Michael Berry Columbia University Press, 208pp , 16.99 Soft Burial by Fang Fang, translated by Michael Berry Columbia University Press, 416pp , 20 [See also: English literature’s last stand].