“L’uomo che mangiava spaghetti”
Chi miantiao de nanren
吃面条的男人
by Liu Jinghui 刘晶辉
Translated by Marta Bianco
Liu Jinghui (Xingtai, Hebei, 1978) graduated from Hebei University of Economics and Business, with a degree in Chinese Language and Literature. In 2018 he started writing in his free time, he published more than 40 short stories in Chinese literary magazines. He lives in Beijing. He loves Raymond Carver, Franz Kafka and Italo Calvino’s works.
Liu Jinghui’s short story “L’uomo che mangiava spaghetti” (Chi miantiao de nanren 吃面条的男人, lit. The Man Eating Noodles) was published in the third issue of Mappe – Geografie, storie e variazioni a tema (Spaghetti, 2024, pp. 158-161) by Touring Club Italiano.
