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五月女王
本书是颜歌正在写作的“平乐镇三部曲”的首部曲。作者以一个身体控制不住总在长高的女孩袁青山的视角，重构了一代人的青春的迷惘。
小说包含着正反两面的故事。在正面，我们看到的是那些用方言大声骂街、渐渐长大的孩子们，在尘土飞扬的平原小镇平乐，他们拉帮结派，小偷小摸，斗殴，恋爱，想要离开却最终无法离开，诉说东西南北四条街上芸芸众生的悲剧的同时，描摹了只有女性才能体察到的人心灵底层的痛苦迷城。而在小说背面，有另一个不易被察觉的故事，关于古代的神灵，神灵的遗物，突变的身体，变成杜鹃鸟的姑娘和成为鲇鱼的垂钓者，为作品平添了杂沓落寞的氤氲气氛。
凭借本书，颜歌被评选为《人民文学》杂志“未来大家Top20”。
小说包含着正反两面的故事。在正面，我们看到的是那些用方言大声骂街、渐渐长大的孩子们，在尘土飞扬的平原小镇平乐，他们拉帮结派，小偷小摸，斗殴，恋爱，想要离开却最终无法离开，诉说东西南北四条街上芸芸众生的悲剧的同时，描摹了只有女性才能体察到的人心灵底层的痛苦迷城。而在小说背面，有另一个不易被察觉的故事，关于古代的神灵，神灵的遗物，突变的身体，变成杜鹃鸟的姑娘和成为鲇鱼的垂钓者，为作品平添了杂沓落寞的氤氲气氛。
凭借本书，颜歌被评选为《人民文学》杂志“未来大家Top20”。
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Published January 1, 2012
About the author
Yan Ge
54 books224 followersYan Ge (Chinese: 颜歌; born 1984) is the pen name of Chinese writer Dai Yuexing (戴月行).
Yan Ge was born Dai Yuexing in 1984 in Sichuan, China. She began publishing in 1994. She completed a PhD in comparative literature at Sichuan University and is the Chair of the China Young Writers Association. Her writing uses a lot of Sichuanese, rather than Standard Chinese (Mandarin).[1] People’s Literature (Renmin Wenxue 人民文学) magazine recently chose her – in a list reminiscent of The New Yorker's ‘20 under 40’ – as one of China's twenty future literary masters. In 2012 she was chosen as Best New Writer by the prestigious Chinese Literature Media Prize (华语文学传媒大奖 最佳新人奖).
Yan Ge was born Dai Yuexing in 1984 in Sichuan, China. She began publishing in 1994. She completed a PhD in comparative literature at Sichuan University and is the Chair of the China Young Writers Association. Her writing uses a lot of Sichuanese, rather than Standard Chinese (Mandarin).[1] People’s Literature (Renmin Wenxue 人民文学) magazine recently chose her – in a list reminiscent of The New Yorker's ‘20 under 40’ – as one of China's twenty future literary masters. In 2012 she was chosen as Best New Writer by the prestigious Chinese Literature Media Prize (华语文学传媒大奖 最佳新人奖).
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April 13, 2024Some bright spots but overall a deeply frustrating read. The author was quite young when she wrote this, and it showed. Teenage 小心思 was depicted well, but the adult emotions seemed contrived, veering towards overwrought melodrama. Also the massive tone disconnect between chapters kept jerking me out of the story (Nguyễn Nhật Ánh bildungsroman vs noir snippets of everyday people dying violent deaths).
I'm still interested in checking out Yan Ge's latter works though.
I'm still interested in checking out Yan Ge's latter works though.
January 28, 2026
虽不是川渝人，每一句话却都能在我耳边响起。读到三分之一的时候我几乎就要放弃，袁青山在自己的故事线里平静而顺畅地活着，却在其他人的故事线里死了一次又一次，每一个其他人物的死亡都要带着袁青山去死更多一次。还是读完了，闷着的暴雨在最后落下，我没想到的是岑青江却是诞生最早的人。颜歌写这书的时候会犹豫吗，我也书写那些故事，然后我朋友对我说，书写真实的代价是众叛亲离。
被丢进清溪河的陈三妹仿佛是我自己，和外地来的大学生谈恋爱，或是成为了外地的大学生把这里的事情写出去，都是彻底坏了规矩。我只记得袁清江给张沛写信，平乐镇的树已经把能落的叶子都落完了，你还没回来。
我也不会回去的，我自己的树早就把叶子落完了。
被丢进清溪河的陈三妹仿佛是我自己，和外地来的大学生谈恋爱，或是成为了外地的大学生把这里的事情写出去，都是彻底坏了规矩。我只记得袁清江给张沛写信，平乐镇的树已经把能落的叶子都落完了，你还没回来。
我也不会回去的，我自己的树早就把叶子落完了。
September 30, 2023
so glad there are 3 more books set in pingle zhen, this place is so haunting and captivating and has such bad vibes. loved this ode to misfits and outcasts and those that are left over and left behind
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