# "I sort of work from the periphery. It's good to be on the edge, I studied Mao's strategy" Read the entire conversation with J O'Yang # A 6-min conversation from my life with The Vault of Books London South Asian Literature Festival, 15 Oct, http://southasianlitfest.com/artists/julie-oyang/ London Library Festival, 8 Oct. 2011, http://www.vaani.org/search/label/Butterfly (photos) Arti 11, The Hague, The Netherlands. Esteelie represents me & my artworks. | | # "A subtle undercurrent of prose" review from Out of the Blue # "This is the kind of book that you read from cover to cover and when you are done, it changes you. Transforms you. From Cover to Cover." Neverland reviews. # "Butterfly is a book that reminds you of the joy of discovering a treasure, and wondering why there aren’t a few hundred-thousand more who have already found it before you." Reviewed by Gabriel Ricard unlikely stories "History is written only once, so is Butterfly by Julie O’Yang. I would regard this as one of the best books I have ever read. With such exquisite feelings, the book compels the readers to go back and read the same sentence again and again for this extraordinary work of literature is filled with jaw-dropping mysteries in every page. Reading this book reminds me of Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things, a Man Booker Prize Winner for the year 1997. Through the eyes of a young boy who is just capable enough of carrying satchel to the classroom, I would never regard Julie’s work as a work of the wrinkled times, for, great stories remain in the minds of the reader for the years to come irrespective of the age. Like the vibrant colours of the butterfly, the book leaves a gleaming impression on the minds of the reader. Set in the turbulent times of Sino-Japanese War, a fatal love story between a married Chinese woman and a young Japanese soldier, the book takes you on a turbulent ride, through ups and downs of aggression, drama, love and ravishingly selected words. A climax behind the scenic Yangtze river, keeps the reader pondering long after the book is read. It makes me remind of the legendary and notable Hindi writer, Premchand, whose characters in the stories can be related by any person in the world at some stage of his life. I would surely wish good luck to Julie for the journey in the world of love, loss, aggression, forlorn and above all suppressed feelings which need to resurface itself in this literary world. Reviewed by Trishit Banerjee, Founder & Editor Young Chronicle # "A book that has all the essential ingredients that makes a bestseller… There never seems to be a damp moment with the right choice of words. The book moves at a smooth pace throughout, and ends beautifully on the bank of the Yangtze River…” Read full review by Creative Ecstasy # Julie O'Yang and Digital artistic autonomy: Renounce reverb # Interview in young chronicle june issue |
