Ma Boyong (born 14 November, 1980) is a Chinese novelist, columnist and blogger. In the year of 2010, he won People's Literature Prize, one of China's most prestigious honors.
His short story The City of Silence was translated into English by science fiction writer Ken Liu.
节奏很好,马伯庸最擅长的以小见大借古讽今也没令人失望,书中南越国分明是照着彼岸宝岛写的。这也是为什么这本书看完略惆怅,因为从头到尾都是悲剧——因为政治时局终身不得再见的爱人 (中国近代史上这样的悲剧比比皆是);时隔多年回到故乡,发现亲友皆亡、哭死在大桑树下的老秦兵;国家利益、兄弟情义、家族利益孰先孰后之挣扎; 杀死赵佗的本应是最能体会他孤独的人;(我理解这是为了符合史料必须写的情节走向,但)男主为故人报仇最后却造成更多的生灵涂炭 etc.