A Yi

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A Yi


Born
Ruichang, Jiangxi , China
Website

Genre
Fiction, Contemporary, Crime

Influences
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Franz Kafka, William Faulkner, Milan Kundera ...more


A Yi is a Chinese writer living in Beijing. He worked as a police officer before becoming editor-in-chief of Chutzpah. He is the author of two collections of short stories and has published fiction in Granta and the Guardian. In 2010 he was shortlisted for the People’s Literature Top 20 Literary Giants of the Future.

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Average rating: 3.28 · 1,425 ratings · 280 reviews · 40 distinct works • Similar authors
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情史失踪者
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灰故事
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“I’m in Suzhou, Zhou Lingtong said, angling his head so he could wipe away his tears and see the road sign clearly. I’m in Changrui Lane, Suzhou. If you walk north past two telephone poles you’ll find me in the dustbin.

["Two Lives", in Pathlight: New Chinese Writing (Summer 2013)]”
― A Yi
tags: chinese-literature
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