About the author

A Hui is a Chinese-language author about whom limited public information is available; neither nationality, dates of birth and death, nor an English name has been clearly recorded. Two of the author's works are held in the collection, Qianxun and The Oak Bay, both commonly classified as social fiction. Judging from the subject matter of these two works, A Hui's writing attends to the circumstances of characters and their interpersonal relationships in realistic society, using the novel form to present ordinary people's choices and emotional fluctuations in daily life. The titles carry a strong imagistic quality, as with "Qianxun" and "The Oak Bay," suggesting that the author may devote attention to atmosphere and detailed description in the narrative, using concrete settings to carry the turns in characters' fates. Because no author statement, interview, or copyright-page information is currently available for consultation, the full scope of the author's creative output and writing style remain difficult to assess completely, and only a preliminary judgment can be made on the basis of the two works in the collection. Readers who wish to learn more about A Hui may begin with these social fiction works and experience the author's observation and expression of realistic issues in the texts.

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Publishers

Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House