The Magician of 1919/Christmas Eve

been translated into English.' Time Out (2011)

In 1919, the year of the May 4th movement in China, magician Bighot Cowrie arrives

in Beijing. He has with him a budgerigar, which is a language genius, a hat with a

magical long queue and some pigeons. During his time in Beijing he encounters various

figures, fictional and historical, and becomes involved in important events in modern

Chinese history."