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Su Tong

苏童

Born 1963 · China

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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    Mao Dun 2015 · Winner

    Shadow of the Hunter

    黄雀记 · Huangque ji

    Su Tong · 50 when first published

    Novel · 484 pages · Crime, Coming of age

    AI-generated summary:On a small-town street in southern China, a teenage boy who keeps his half-mad grandfather in check with rope is drawn into a fateful entanglement with a proud orphan girl and a butcher's son.