For this week’s #ThursdayBooksandBeer I’m reading Love in the New Millennium by the great Chinese writer Can Xue, translated by Annelise Finegan Wasmoen. I’ve paired it with a ♥️Hearts♥️ Cherry Ripe Pastry Red Ale, a collaboration between Working Title and Future Brewing. “I’m sorry Cuilan, I will keep my secrets. Life here is full of taboos. I know you want to ask why my wife and I sit in the tree. This is why: we want to get a little further away from the earth’s clamour, to become calmer, so that we can make certain decisions.” #reading #literature #canxue #translation #craftbeer