Since 2016, a Shanghai Magazine of Global Culture
The Shanghai Literary Review publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, translation, reviews, criticism, art and interviews by leading and emerging writers, artists, and thinkers.
“Quarantine Hotel” by Zhou Hau Liew
FEATUREDZhou Hau Liew’s “Quarantine Hotel” is a lyrical ekphrasis, as if a quarantine hotel were an installation art piece that places participants after the whip and before the lash of a sudden global pandemic.
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Issue 8 - 2024
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