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Ge Fei

格非

Born 1964 · China

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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    National Book Award 2021 · Finalist

    Peach Blossom Paradise

    人面桃花 · Renmian taohua

    Ge Fei · 40 when first published

    Novel · 392 pages · Historical, Coming of age · 江南三部曲, book 1

    Translated by Canaan Morse

    AI-generated summary:After her father walks out of the village of Puji and vanishes, young Xiumi grows restless among adults who keep their secrets from her, as her coming of age is swept up in the upheavals of her time.

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    Mao Dun 2015 · Winner

    江南三部曲

    Jiangnan sanbuqu

    Title translated by AI:“Jiangnan Trilogy”

    Ge Fei · 48 when first published

    Novel · Historical, Politics, Family

    AI-generated summary:Across three generations in the Jiangnan region, from the end of the Qing dynasty to the present, a gentry daughter, her son and her grandson are each drawn to a dream of an ideal world centred on the lakeside village of Huajiashe.