作者介绍:
A Yi was born in 1976. After spending five years as a police officer, he quit to become the editor-in-chief of the bi-monthly literary magazine Chutzpah. He has written two collections of short stories, Grey Stories and The Bird Saw Me, some of which have been published in Granta and The Guardian, and he was named by People’s Literature as one of the Top Twenty Literary Giants of the Future in 2010. His novella A Perfect Crime was published in China in 2011 and translated into English by Oneworld Publications in 2015. He lives in Beijing.
内容简介:
The Bird Saw Me is a stunning collection of ten stories. Notable works include "Never Meant to Kill", " Valentine's Day Explosion", and "First to Know".
In the book The Bird Saw Me, A Yi drew materials from his days as a police officer, and wrote about crimes that originated in human instinct. Many of the stories take place in rural-urban fringe zones or small remote towns where people become outcast of both rural tradition and fast-forwarding city life. Intricate detective work is rarely the focus nor needed as the writer peels off layers of the plot, to explore how people may react or be driven to make irrational decisions in desperate situations.