"Asking the God" Author: Ge Liang Publisher: Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House Producer: Motie Books

"Asking the God" selects 7 representative short and medium-length works with a sense of suspense written by Ge Liang in recent years. In the compassionate folk narrative, there are all kinds of life, as well as the tyranny and impermanence of fate. In the story, we can always see some mediocre and familiar faces. They are blurred and indistinguishable from the crowd, but they are wrapped up in huge secrets and fall into the abyss in the next second. Those who think they are smart, with the belief of burning their boats, step into the maze. More people are watching and finally follow suit.

They are the psychics living in Vietnam, the strange neighbors next door, the passers-by who pass by, me, and you.

In front of me is a vast sea, from the ups and downs of the times, from the darkness in the depths of history, or from the joy and boundlessness of individuals. On the other side, there seems to be one or two sparks in an instant. Not bright, but warm enough.

Ge Liang

Ge Liang, originally from Nanjing, currently lives in Hong Kong and teaches at universities. He holds a PhD in Chinese from the University of Hong Kong. His works have been published in both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macau. He has written novels such as "Northern Kite", "Suzaku", "Seven Voices", "Mystery Crow", "Raccoon", and "Playful Years", cultural essays such as "Painting Colors" and "Small Mountains and Rivers", and academic works such as "Where My Heart Is at Peace Is Also My Hometown". Some of his works have been translated into English, French, Russian, Japanese, Korean and other languages.

He has won the first Hong Kong Book Award, the Hong Kong Arts Development Award, the first prize of the Taiwan United Literature Novel Award, the Taiwan Liang Shiqiu Literature Award, etc. His works have been selected into the "Contemporary Novelist Series" and the "21st Century Chinese Literature Series".

The novel Suzaku was selected as one of the "Top Ten Chinese Novels in Asia Weekly". In 2016, his new work Beiyuan won this honor again. He also won the CCTV "China Good Books" and "Chinese Good Books" Jury Special Award in 2016, the top five contemporary novels, and the top ten Chinese books of the year. The author himself was awarded "China Person of the Year 2016" by Southern People Weekly.