About the author
Lao Gui is a Chinese author who writes under a concise pen name and whose works span a fairly wide range of subjects. Reliable public information about him is limited: his birth year, birthplace, and educational background are not recorded in available sources. Three of his works are included in the collection, among them Blood-Colored Dusk and Everlasting Imperial Son-in-Law. The former is classed under premium fiction and social fiction, while the latter falls under fiction for male readers and Eastern fantasy, suggesting that his writing moves between realistic concern and imaginative storytelling. On the present evidence, Lao Gui has not settled into a fixed formula: he can handle character-driven stories with a social backdrop as well as tales of growth and conflict set in an invented world. The repeated listing of Blood-Colored Dusk among his representative works indicates that it holds a relatively prominent place in his output. Overall, he is a Chinese writer whose work awaits more readers and critical attention, and whose style and influence remain to be observed.
Written (3)
Rating 4.3★ Bloody Dusk Lao Gui New Star Press · 2010 Bloody Dusk is a novel by Lao Gui (real name Ma Bo), drawn from nearly eight years he spent as a sent-down youth on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. … Blood-Red Dusk Lao Gui New Star Press · 2010 Blood-Red Dusk is a novel by Laogui (real name Ma Bo), based on his nearly eight years of firsthand experience as a sent-down youth on the grasslands … The Eternal Imperial Son-in-Law Lao Gui Qidian At the age of eleven, the youth Ye Xuan has his life-soul seized by the Lord of the Buried Emperor and is cast across eternity, fighting through the h…Publishers
New Star PressQidian