Yi Fu is an author about whom limited public information is available; the library holds only one work by this author, the novel Giant Stone Town. Judging from its common classification, the book is regarded as a social novel, which suggests that the author pays attention to real life and social relations and tends to use fictional narrative to present how characters find themselves and make choices within specific social settings. On the basis of the available information, it is not possible to confirm Yi Fu's real name, nationality, dates of birth and death, educational background, or writing career, and no English name has been recorded, so details of the author's life should not be guessed. What can be established is that Giant Stone Town, as the only representative work currently traceable, is the main entry point for understanding Yi Fu's writing; readers who wish to know more about this author can only begin with the novel's thematic orientation and narrative approach and observe how it responds to social reality in fictional form.
