白家麟

Bai Jialin is an author who works mainly in prose, though public information about him is limited. Three of his books are held in the collection, including the representative works Memory of the Palate (Weilei Jiyi) and Expressions in Landscape: A Collection of Travel Essays by Bai Jialin, as well as Between Mountains and Waters. Judging from the titles and the usual categories, his writing follows roughly two threads: one takes food as its subject, exploring eating experiences and everyday feelings around the relationship between taste and memory; the other records journeys through landscapes in the form of travel essays, blending natural scenery with personal reflection. Though one thread stays close to the fires of daily life and the other to mountains and rivers, both emphasize the detailed rendering of personal experience and understated emotional expression, in plain yet lyrical language suited to readers who enjoy life essays and travel writing.