I loved reading this book. It doesn’t have much of a plot, as it’s mostly about Summer’s (main character) search for the ideal ballroom dancing partner and the people she meets in her dancing classes. But I loved it for: • the insight into ballroom dancing and a comparison between it and seeking an actual life partner - I know little about ballroom dancing, so I loved learning more about it. • the revelation that in Chinese vocabulary, the relationship between dancing and water is more implicit - this was explained in what I think is the best translator’s note I’ve read yet, bec Darryl Sterk acknowledges his sources and explains his choices. • the fact that it made me research more about Taiwanese dance companies, because a colleague mentioned that one of the townships we passed by during our Taiwan East Coast bike tour last January had become a creative hub after a former dance troupe member established a studio there. I learned that the longest standing and most popular Taiwanese…
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