After the Finale

Zhou Daxin is a contemporary Chinese author and winner of several major literary honours including the Mao Dun Prize. Zhou draws on his countryside roots and long military career for inspiration in his extensive works. His piercing observations of Chinese society set characters in rural, urban and even allegorical environments, and touch upon challenging and often intimate humanitarian questions. Wu Jiamei is a researcher and associate professor at Sichuan International Studies University. She has translated several English-language novels into Chinese, including Darwin’s Radio by Greg Bear, Darling, Mercy Dog of World War I by Alice Leonhardt, and The Princess in Black series by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale. Her translations from Chinese to English include After the Finale by Zhou Daxin, Cloud Farming by Chone Yum Tsering, White Crane Boy by Ku Jin, and Slowly the River Flows by Huang Zheng. In 2019, she won third prize in the Chongqing Translators Association’s Excellence in Translation Awards. She currently lives and works in Chongqing.

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