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Allan H. Barr

Allan H. Barr is the translator of Yu Hua's novels Cries in the Drizzle and The Seventh Day, his essay collection China in Ten Words, and his short story collection Boy in the Twilight. He teaches Chinese at Pomona College in California.

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