Ping Lu is the pen name of Taiwanese writer Lu Ping. She won Taiwan’s National Award for the Arts, the Taiwan National Literature Award for 間隙 (The Gaps), the Golden Tripod Award for 袒露的心 (Heart Mandala), and the Wu San-lien Award. Her short story collections and novels, including Love and Revolution, 何日君再來 (When Will My Love Return), and 黑水 (The River Darkens) have been translated into English, French, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Czech, and many other languages. To the East of the East is her most recent work translated into English.

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