Passing by Peasant Workers

Abstract

WORLDLITERATURETODAY.ORG 43 top photo : pariya thamnusarn author photo : qing touyi Passing by Peasant Workers by Yin Lichuan they are eating, squatting, holding big bowls a row on each side of the road, I’m going to pass through the middle the cellphone rings, I walk calmly my calm lower body wrapped in a miniskirt my calm upper body braless an overdone act of focus obviously no one looks at me Chinese cabbage, potatoes, two pieces of fatty meat Translation from the Chinese By Fiona Sze-Lorrain Poet, fiction writer, film director, and scriptwriter Yin Lichuan (尹丽川) first rose to literary notoriety as one of the founders of the “Lower Body”Movement based in Beijing during the early 2000s. Since 2006 Yin has devoted herself to filmmaking. She lives in Beijing. For a biographical sketch of Fiona Sze-Lorrain, turn to page 21. ...