About the author
Public information about Zhu Xuan is limited, and details such as her nationality, dates of birth and death, and English name remain unknown. Judging from the four works held in the collection, her writing spans different genres: on the one hand, foreign-literature works such as Welcome to the Hunandong Bookstore and The Inconvenient Convenience Store, which are set in bookstores and convenience stores; on the other, computer-science titles, including A Guide to the Metaverse: New Opportunities in the Virtual World. In addition, the title If You Fall, Just Lie There for a While suggests a light, comforting style of life writing. Overall, Zhu Xuan moves between fictional narrative and technological topics, showing an interest in everyday spaces and emerging technologies. Her subjects are varied, and her style is best appreciated by reading the works themselves.
Written (4)
Rating 3.3★ Metaverse Guide: New Opportunities in the Virtual World 崔亨旭 / 宋筱茜 / 朱萱 / 阚梓文 Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 A single read to understand the origins and evolution of the metaverse and grasp the development trends and investment directions of the next internet… Rating 4.2★ Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop 黄宝凛 / 朱萱 Guowen Runhua Culture Media (Beijing) Co., Ltd. · 2025 After more than thirty years of running full tilt, Yeongju is struck by a sudden burnout. Only one thought remains: open a bookstore. If she can redis… Rating 3.3★ If You Fall Down, Just Lie There for a While 申佳永 / 朱萱 Guowen Runhua Culture Media (Beijing) Co., Ltd. · 2025 After ten years as a corporate drone, having weathered an abscess on her backside, hair loss, and a full-body breakdown, she moves to the countryside,… Rating 3.9★ The Inconvenient Convenience Store 金浩然 / 朱萱 Zhejiang Education Publishing House · 2023 His last memory begins at a train station: he wakes with only trousers and a shirt, and never leaves the station again, until he can no longer even re…Publishers
Guowen Runhua Culture Media (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Zhejiang Education Publishing HouseHunan Literature and Art Publishing House