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John Balcom (editor/translator/introducer) is an award-winning translator, a past president of the American Literary Translators Association, and an associate professor and the head of the Chinese program at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.

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Average rating: 3.46 · 289 ratings · 67 reviews · 28 distinct works • Similar authors
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Taken
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Sinoist Books Fate Rewritten.
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“It doesn't matter how long you live; as soon as you open your eyes, it's time to close them.”
― John Balcom, New Penguin Parallel Text: Short Stories in Chinese
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