Malpass» reductive, pragmatic language most often culls words from her current reading material or immediate interests, her piles of lists culminating as a living personal archive central to her prolific creative practice.
My boss had probably put me on the case of Haili's «landmark novel» for another, more pragmatic reason: unlike most of the other reporters for our Chinese - language website, I was fluent in English and wouldn't swallow my a's and the's.