About the author
Ge Fei, whose real name is Liu Yong, was born in Dantu, Jiangsu, in 1964. He is one of the representative writers of China's avant-garde literature and currently a professor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Tsinghua University. His writing emerged in the avant-garde wave of the 1980s, and he is known for narrative experimentation, labyrinthine treatments of time, and the uncertainty of memory, which give him a distinctive place in contemporary Chinese literature. His representative works include Brown Birds, Renmian Taohua (Peach Blossom Paradise), Shanhe Ru Meng (Mountains and Rivers Dreaming), Chun Jin Jiangnan (Spring Ends in Jiangnan), and Wang Chunfeng (Looking at the Spring Breeze). His Jiangnan Trilogy traces a century of family fate as a reflection of social change. He has received the Lu Xun Literary Prize, the Lao She Literary Award, and the ninth Mao Dun Literature Prize. Thirteen of his works are included in the collection, spanning classic works, social novels, and prose, showing that his writing crosses fiction and essays and combines avant-garde sensibility with realistic concern.
Written (29)
Rating 4.2★ The Lost Boat Ge Fei Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 Featuring seven representative novellas and short stories from Ge Fei's career, including "Remembering Mr. Wu You," "Brown Birds," and "Wu Zetian," Th… Rating 4.0★ The Alchemy of Time Ge Fei Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 Time's Alchemy is a collection of novellas and short stories by Ge Fei, winner of both the Mao Dun Literature Prize and the Lu Xun Literature Prize. I… Rating 4.0★ The Brocade Zither Ge Fei Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 Jin Se is a collection of novellas and short stories by Ge Fei, a leading contemporary writer and winner of both the Mao Dun Literature Prize and the … Rating 3.9★ The Ring Flower Ge Fei Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 Jie Zhi Hua is a story collection by Ge Fei, a leading contemporary writer and winner of both the Mao Dun Literature Prize and the Lu Xun Literature P… Rating 4.5★ Snow-Hidden Egret: Sensuality and Nothingness in The Plum in the Golden Vase Ge Fei Yilin Press · 2025 This book is a representative study of The Plum in the Golden Vase (Jin Ping Mei) by the novelist and scholar Ge Fei, divided into three volumes. Volu… Rating 4.2★ The Road of Clouds Ge Fei Beijing October Arts & Literature Publishing House · 2025 This is a book that does not urge you to "get on the road quickly"; it first makes you stop and see clearly what we are actually talking about when we… Rating 4.0★ The Crossroads of the Novel Ge Fei Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2023 This is a newly revised collection of essays and literary criticism by Ge Fei, a winner of both the Mao Dun and Lu Xun literary prizes. In rigorous ye… The Face of Borges Ge Fei Yilin Press · 2022 The Face of Borges is a collection of essays and criticism by the writer and scholar Ge Fei, divided into two parts. Part One contains essays: reminis… Rating 4.5★ Representative Avant-Garde Novels by Mao Dun Literature Prize Winner Ge Fei (3-Volume Set) Ge Fei Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2020 This volume comprises The Edge, The Enemy, and The Banner of Desire. Rating 4.4★ The Enemy Ge Fei Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2020 The Enemy is Ge Fei's debut novel, written in 1991 and regarded as the first full-length novel in the contemporary avant-garde fiction camp. The novel… Rating 4.3★ The Banner of Desire Ge Fei Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2020 The Banner of Desire (1996) is a major novel from Ge Fei's transitional period, a powerful attempt to engage with reality after his avant-garde experi… Rating 4.1★ Edge Ge Fei Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2020 Set in the early 1990s, Edge is a novel in which Ge Fei brought his avant-garde narrative craft to consummate maturity. It begins with the aged "I" lo… Rating 4.1★ The Lost Boat Ge Fei Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2020 The Lost Boat is a collection of novellas and short stories by Mao Dun Literature Prize winner Ge Fei, comprising seven works. Most of these stories u… Rating 4.0★ Encounter Ge Fei Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2020 Encounter is a collection of novellas and short stories by Mao Dun Literature Prize winner Ge Fei, comprising thirteen works, several of which—includi… Rating 3.9★ The Edge Ge Fei Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2020 The Edge is Ge Fei's second novel after The Enemy, first written in 1993 and regarded as a work in which his avant-garde narrative craft reaches full … Rating 3.8★ The Brocade Zither Ge Fei Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2020 Jin Se is a collection of novellas and short stories by Mao Dun Literature Prize winner Ge Fei, comprising nine works: "Green and Yellow," "Organ," "C… Rating 3.7★ Ring Flower Ge Fei Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2020 Featuring the title story “The Ring Flower,” this collection of thirteen novellas and short stories by Mao Dun Literature Prize winner Ge Fei gathers … Selected Avant-Garde Works of Ge Fei (7-Volume Set) Ge Fei Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2020 Selected Avant-Garde Works of Ge Fei (7-Volume Set) is a boxed collection in Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House's "Ge Fei·Works Series," gat… Rating 4.5★ The Jiangnan Trilogy: Peach Blossom Paradise · Dream of Mountains and Rivers · Spring Ends in Jiangnan Ge Fei Beijing October Arts & Literature Publishing House · 2019 The Jiangnan Trilogy, by Ge Fei, consists of three novels—Peach Blossom Paradise, Dream of Mountains and Rivers, and Spring Ends in Jiangnan—and won t… Rating 4.2★ The Jiangnan Trilogy: Peach Blossom Face, Mountains and Rivers in Dreams, Spring Ends in Jiangnan Ge Fei Beijing October Arts & Literature Publishing House · 2019 The Jiangnan Trilogy is the representative novel of Ge Fei, written over seventeen years, consisting of Peach Blossom Face, Mountains and Rivers in Dr…Publishers
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