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'There are 16 stories in Isabelle Li’s uneven debut collection, A Chinese Affair. Most have been published previously in literary journals and anthologies. The best are moody and slow-burning with moments of startling revelation, while others dawdle in exposition or oddly dreamlike dialogue. ...'