Didn't know the film was based on BLACK SNOW: A NOVEL OF THE BEIJING DEMIMONDE by #LiuHeng. Otherwise I would have read the novel first. An added dilemma: which translation? David Kwan's (on the left) or Howard Goldblatt's?

I went with the Goldblatt translation after reading someone's convincing hatchet job of the Kwan translation. They were lukewarm about the novel too. Regardless, I began to enjoy the novel when I stopped trying to like it more than the film. [2/2]

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