Semi Post-Socialism and Internal Life

  READ Chen Ran [Chen, Ran], A Private Life, translated by John-Howard Gibbon. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004: First half of the book. Purchase in the bookstore. Prompt question a. What kind of person is the main character? How do you know? What is her family like? Does she have any friends? Do you think she is based on the author? Prompt question b. Write a paragraph in the “voice” or style of Chen Ran’s Private Life. What about your paragraph makes it similar to Chen Ran’s—the language, the theme, the mood? Explain why you chose to write it this way.