Bi Feiyu, a literature professor at Nanjing University (NU), is also a writer. His most famous novel Massage has won the Mao Dun Prize, one of the most prestigious literature prizes in China, and has been turned into a film. His recent rise to fame has followed his taking part in China Central Television’s hit show The Reader and holding four book events for his new book, Fiction Reading. Based mainly on Bi’s literature lectures at NU since 2013, this book is a collection of magazine columns on his understanding of classic novels, both Chinese and foreign. His reviews on world-class writers, written with colloquial and humorous expression, are wildly popular online, and he loves to chat with his readers about novels. Fictional creations are seen as artifacts that he can examine carefully at any time and play with, said Bi, adding that someone who can write novels may not be good at reviewing or analyzing them, and the writing of novels should focus on both practical and academic study.
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