A thrilling journey through China's dark criminal underworld, from a celebrated voice in Chinese literature
A Yi Bücher
A Yi, ein ehemaliger Polizist, hat sich als bedeutende Stimme in der zeitgenössischen chinesischen Literatur etabliert. Sein Werk taucht häufig in die dunkleren Aspekte der menschlichen Psyche und gesellschaftlicher Spannungen ein und behält dabei einen rohen und prägnanten Stil bei. Durch seine Kurzgeschichten und Romane versucht A Yi, die verborgenen Motivationen und moralischen Komplexitäten aufzudecken, mit denen seine Charaktere konfrontiert sind. Sein Schreiben wird für seine Authentizität und seine tiefgreifende Fähigkeit, die Feinheiten der modernen Existenz einzufangen, gelobt.
Two Lives
- 240 Seiten
- 9 Lesestunden
Seven stories, seven whispers into the ears of life: A Yi's unexpected twists of crime burst from the everyday, with glimpses of romance distorted by the weaknesses of human motive. A Yi employs his forensic skills to offer a series of portraits of modern life, both uniquely Chinese, and universal in their themes.
A Perfect Crime
- 224 Seiten
- 8 Lesestunden
A chilling literary thriller about a motiveless murder in provincial China 'One of the most important voices to emerge from the People's Republic in years' Daily Express On a normal day in provincial China, a teenager goes about his regular business, but he’s also planning the brutal murder of his only friend. He lures her over, strangles her, stuffs her body into the washing machine and flees town, whereupon a perilous game of cat-and-mouse begins. A shocking investigation into the despair that traps the rural poor as well as a technically brilliant excursion into the claustrophobic realm of classic horror and suspense, A Perfect Crime is a thrilling and stylish novel about a motiveless murder that echoes Kafka’s absurdism, Camus’ nihilism and Dostoyevsky’s depravity. With exceptional tonal control, A Yi steadily reveals the psychological backstory that enables us to make sense of the story’s dramatic violence and provides chillingly apt insights into a country on the cusp of enormous social, political and economic change.
