Abstract: Ge Fei, pen name of Liu Yong, started writing in 1984, and quickly rose to fame as a member of a group of internationally renowned avant-garde writers during the 1980s including Mo Yan, Su Tong, Yu Hua, Zhai Yongming, and others. English translations of his work include Remembering Mr. Wu You, The Lost Boat, Whistling, Flock of Brown Birds and The Invisibility Cloak. Ge Fei's award-winning Jiangnan trilogy offers a grand view on China's twentieth century from the perspective of three generations of a family originally based in a tiny village so...
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