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Asian writers guided by invisible hand of the market

By CHITRALEKHA BASU | China Daily | Updated: 2010-03-26 08:01

Does putting a qipao-clad woman on the cover create instant brand recognition for readers interested in China? Is it an image persuasive enough to push sales? The qipao lure seems to work for factory-worker-turned-author Zhang Lijia (Socialism is Great, 2008), or so she would have us believe.

Now working on her second novel, The Lotus, Zhang makes no bones about falling in line with what the market wants.

"If I write for the domestic market I will clothe my heroine in a low-cut Gucci dress or nothing at all, but if I am writing for the Western audience I will make her wear a qipao," says Zhang.

Asian writers guided by invisible hand of the market

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