Annan Strange Tales

A masterpiece by Zhu Fa, a pioneering novelist, expert in ancient books, and a fan of monsters and natural history. It tells a strange and enchanting story of the South. It is an encyclopedic fantasy novel. Li Yao, Wang Xiaoyu, and Lu Nei sincerely recommend it!
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【Content Introduction】
The lush jungles and misty air of the South symbolize stories of marginality, arrogance, absurdity, and the supernatural. Writer Zhu Fa, in her unique style, translates, rewrites, and reconstructs these absurd and bizarre plots passed down orally and in archived texts, depicting a world at the intersection of fantasy and reality. This work aims to continue the tradition that stretches from Yeats and Lafcadio Hearn to Italo Calvino and Angela Carter, returning to the vibrant essence of folk narratives, drawing inspiration from them and seeking a refined and enriching structure, technique, and dynamic for fiction that is different from the existing norm.
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【Expert Recommendation】
To put it more simply: this is a strange flower blossoming from the soil of imagination, inspired by the heat and wonder of the South; it's a narrative poem formed by the collision of modern and classical elements, telling the story of how a research enthusiast burrowed in and out of the transnational imagination of a thousand years ago. To put it more simply: this is a wonderfully entertaining book.
——Novelist Li Yao
Zhu Fa is both a "storyteller" and a "person in the story." Reading Zhu Fa's stories, one becomes a "person in the story," traveling with her between reality and fiction—a wondrous and perilous journey that is hard to resist.
——Critic Wang Xiaoyu
Zhu Fa's writing is enviable. He must be the ultimate Chinese language teacher, teaching stories in a quirky yet elegant way, never resorting to correct yet vulgar language. These words harken back to the Chinese language's quirks: a certain stubborn imagination, a brisk yet not frivolous rhythm, an attempt to explain phenomena that exist or don't exist, and a relentless attitude towards these efforts.
——Novelist Lu Nei

2020-05-01

江苏凤凰文艺出版社

250

9787559433282