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Xu Zechen


Born
Donghai County, Jiangsu Province, China
Genre
Fiction, Short Stories


Xu Zechen (Chinese: simplified, 徐则臣; traditional, 徐則臣) was born in Northern China in 1978 and studied Chinese Language and Literature at Peking University. He is considered to be a leading member of China’s post-70’s generation of writers: his best-known works include the novels Jerusalem, The Deep Imperial City and Running Through Beijing, as well as a children’s book, Fairy Tale of the Green Clouds Valley. Jerusalem was awarded the Laoshe Literature Prize, the Feng Mu Prize for Literature, the Chinese Literature Media Award, the Annual Novelist Award, the Dream of Red Mansion Award in Hong Kong, the Jury Award, and the Tencent Academy Literature Award, and has sold 200,000 copies. The Imperial City was named Top Ten Chinese Novels of 2017 ...more

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Average rating: 3.57 · 1,168 ratings · 225 reviews · 43 distinct works • Similar authors
Running Through Beijing
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Beijing Sprawl
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Night Train
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北上
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لقاء في بكين
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Jerusalem耶路撒冷
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Sobreviviendo en Pekín (El ...
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The Selected Stories of Xu ...
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So Young (Hardcover)
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Le Faussaire suivi de la Mu...
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“Staying or going isn’t a test of will; it’s beyond your control. And going home is actually the more difficult choice.”
― Xu Zechen, Beijing Sprawl
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