About the author

Public information about Lu Yi is limited; currently only three works by this author are known to be in the collection, classified mainly under world history and classic works. Representative works include Cheese and Maggots + The Battle of the Night (two-volume set), Cheese and Maggots, and The Art of the New Year's Eve Dinner. Judging from these works, Lu Yi's writing touches on two areas: historical subjects and food culture. The former presents historical detail through individual cases and narrative, while the latter offers cultural observation through everyday food, with an overall tendency to develop narratives from concrete materials and to balance readability with informativeness. Since basic details such as dates of birth and death and nationality remain unconfirmed, a complete outline of the author's life and creative background is difficult to establish at present; readers may consult the above works to understand Lu Yi's areas of interest and writing style.

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Publishers

SDX Joint Publishing CompanyGuangxi Normal University Press