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Ge Liang

葛亮

Born 1978 · China

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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Mao Dun 2023 · Nominee

    燕食记

    Yanshi ji

    Title translated by AI:“A Record of Feasts”

    Ge Liang · 44 when first published

    Novel · Historical

    AI-generated summary:When word spreads that a century-old Cantonese restaurant will close, its old staff rally to save it, and its retired head chef explains why, opening a story of master and apprentice across a century.

  • No English yet

    Mao Dun 2019 · Nominee

    北鸢

    Bei yuan

    Title translated by AI:“Northern Kite”

    Ge Liang · 38 when first published

    Novel · Family, Historical

    AI-generated summary:In an imagined city between north and south China, the adopted son of a merchant family and the daughter of a declining gentry clan grow up between 1926 and 1947, as warlords, war and invasion sweep past.