Can Xue

Can Xue (b. 1953) is a Chinese writer and literary critic. She is the author of numerous novels, volumes of literary criticism, and short works of fiction. She currently lives in Beijing.
  • The cover to Mother River by Can Xue

    Mother River by Can Xue

    Can Xue
    Rochester, New York. Open Letter Books. 2025. 256 pages.Can Xue is a prolific writer of stories, publishing several hundred over the past forty years. Her work is reminiscent of Kafka…
  • The cover to Goddess of Sipsong Panna by Can Xue

    Goddess of Sipsong Panna by Can Xue

    Can Xue
    Beijing. People’s Literature Publishing House. 2022. 211 pages. Goddess of Sipsong Panna is a collection of thirteen short stories by the much-acclaimed Chinese writer Can Xue (b. 1953). Set across a…
  • The cover to Purple Perilla by Can Xue

    Purple Perilla by Can Xue

    Can Xue
    New York. Common Era. 2020. 148 pages. CAN XUE’S Purple Perilla includes three short stories that immerse readers in a world where reality and absurdity collide. In “An…
  • The cover to Frontier by Can Xue

    Frontier by Can Xue

    Can Xue
    Rochester, New York. Open Letter. 2017. 470 pages.Frontier, first published in China in 2008, is Can Xue’s follow-up to her novel The Last Lover, winner of the 2015 Best Translated B…

  • Vertical Motion by Can Xue

    Can Xue
    Karen Gernant & Chen Zeping, tr. Rochester, New York. Open Letter. 2011. ISBN 9781934824375In just a few short years, Open Letter Books, based out of the University of Rochester, has quite impress…