Zhou Jie, known by her pen name Ye Mi, was born in 1964 in Suzhou. She has published several short story collections, including Chengzhang ru tui 成长如蜕 (Grow Like a Molt), Qianbi de zhengfan liang mian 钱币的正反两面 (The Two Faces of the Coin ), and Velvet (Tian’e rong 天鹅绒). She won the 6th Lu Xun Literary Prize.
Ye Mi’s short story “Il monte incensiere” (Xianglu shan, 香炉山, lit. Incense Burner Mountain) was published in Caratteri (Lu Xun Prize, 2018, pp. 174–185).
Translated by Alessandra Pezza
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