Archer Yi

by Ye Zhaoyan

在《后羿》一书中，著名作家叶兆言重述了这个神话，并赋予其全新的现代色彩：嫦娥忍辱负重抚养神的后代——羿，羿在嫦娥的帮助下完成了从神到人到皇帝的转变，嫦娥在羿成为皇帝后失宠被流放，羿在濒临绝境时意识到只有嫦娥的爱才是他力量的源泉，进而牺牲自己逼嫦娥飞天以离开这个乱世——嫦娥从人成为了神，而后羿则成为了人们传说中的曾经的英雄。小说中，阴谋与爱情、奉献与牺牲、忠诚与背叛、欲望与尊严轮番上演，展现了一个多姿多彩的神话世界、一段可歌可泣的惊世情缘。

299 pages, Paperback

Published January 4, 2011

About the author

Ye Zhaoyan was born in Nanjing in 1957. After graduating from high school in 1974, Ye worked as a fitter in a factory for four years. Afterwards, he was admitted to the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Nanjing University. He gained his master's degree there in 1986.

Ye Zhaoyan came to literary prominence in the early 1980s. He has written a total of some 5 million words. His major works include the seven-volume set of "Selections from Ye Zhaoyan (Ye Zhaoyan wenji)," "Ye Zhaoyan Collected Works (Ye Zhaoyan zuopin zixuanji)" and several other selections.

His full-length novels include "Nanjing 1937: A Love Story (Yijiusanqinian de aiqing)," "Flower Demon (Huasha)," "Other People's Love Stories (Bieren de aiqing)," "No glass greenhouse (Meiyou boli de huafang)" and "Our Stubborn Hearts (Women de xin duome wangu)."

Ye's prose collections include "Wandering the Night (Liulang zhi ye)," "Old Nanjing: Reflections of Scenes on the Qinhuai River (Jiuying qinghuai)," "Ye Zhaoyan's Wonderful Essays (Ye Zhaoyan juemiao xiaopinwen)," "Ye Zhaoyan Prose (Ye Zhaoyan sanwen)," and "Miscellaneous Peanut Tree (Za huashengshu)."

(from Wikipedia)