“Il 29”
Ershijiu lu gongche
二十九路公车
by Qi Jinnian 七堇年
translated by Gloria Cella
Zhao Qin, known as Qi Jinnian, was born in 1986 in Luzhou, in the Sichuan countryside. Among her works are 平生欢 (Pingsheng huan, lit. Joy of a lifetime), 尘曲 (Chen qu, lit. The song of the dust) and 灯下尘 (Deng xia chen, lit. The dust under the lamp). In 2010 she won the Chinese Language Literature and Media’s New Promise Award and in 2014, the Peoples’ Literature Award for the Best Novel.
Qi Jinnian’s short story “Il 29” (Ershijiu lu gongche, 二十九路公车, lit. The bus 29) was published in Caratteri (Tempi che corrono, 2021, 99-117).
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