Described as "a Japanese Anime," "the Golden Compass" and the"Lord of the Rings," Guo Jingming's "Mark of the Cavalier" is criticized for its lack of "Chineseness"
Some English articles on Chinese entertainment news written in ways that I can only wish I could:
The articles include a fascinationg discussion on Guo Jingming’s new fantasy novel and its debut in literary typhoon Ba Jin’s Harvest, a CNN interview with Huayi CEO Wang Zhongjun and actor Daniel Wu, critiques on Fan Bingbing’s fashion at Cannes and translations of Han Han’s blog posts.
A fantasy novel in a serious literary magazine: Guo Jingming in Harvest
Guo Jingming (郭敬明), the magazine editor and writer of phenomenally-popular YA fiction, has a novel coming out in the summer supplement to Harvest (收获), one of China’s most respected literary magazines.
In Harvest’s case, readers who see the magazine as a bastion of serious literature have accused it of betraying its standards to take advantage of Guo’s popularity. Making matters worse is the subject matter of Guo’s new book: Mark of the Cavalier (爵迹) is the first volume of a new epic fantasy series. Is Harvest repositioning itself to compete with the pulps?