Rickshaw Boy now available as an audiobook
New audiobook imprint, Silk Gauze Audio, has published an audiobook of Rickshaw Boy by Lao She. The Howard Goldblatt translation of Camel Xiangzi (骆驼祥子) is narrated by Jason Wong. An accompanying ebook contains a glossary of all the text’s Chinese names in characters/pinyin and new annotations. More details can be found here:
https://www.silkgauzeaudio.com/audiobook/rickshaw-boy/.
Recordings of two Lao She short stories, translated by Don J Cohn, are also currently available for free on the imprint website: https://www.silkgauzeaudio.com.
Silk Gauze Audio specialises in English translations of modern Chinese fiction. Its website aids discovery and access to titles in print and audio. Designed principally for people less familiar with China, the site and titles are also intended as an entertaining resource for China scholars past and present. The catalogue will build slowly with more titles planned for release over the summer. Focus for the first year is on early modern fiction (1919-1949). In year two, later modern and contemporary titles will be presented.
This is an experimental phase. Reviews, feedback and suggestions are very much welcomed. Contact Nicola Clayton at silkgauzeaudio@sodaliteproductions.co.uk.
Silk Gauze Audio founder, Nicola Clayton, is an award-winning audiobook producer and graduate of Modern Chinese Studies (Leeds University). More details of Nicola’s intentions for the imprint can be found here:
https://www.silkgauzeaudio.com/blog/silk-gauze-audio-launches/.