Yan Ge

Books on prize lists

• 异兽志

  In English

  SaveStrange Beasts of China to read later

  Warwick Prize 2021 · Shortlist

  Strange Beasts of China

  异兽志 · Yi shou zhi

  Yan Ge · 22 when first published

  Novel · 320 pages · Speculative

  Translated by Jeremy Tiang

  AIAI-generated summary:In a world where humans and strange beasts live side by side, a young woman who has followed the beasts' fortunes as an onlooker discovers that she, too, has beast blood.

• 白马

  In English

  SaveWhite Horse to read later

  Warwick Prize 2020 · Shortlist

  White Horse

  白马 · Bai ma

  Yan Ge · 28 when first published

  Novella · Family

  Translated by Nicky Harman

  AIAI-generated summary:In a residential compound in the 1990s, a mentally ill little girl watches the adults around her pursue secret love affairs, and tells, in her unreliable voice, of the lasting harm done to two young sisters.