Shan Sa
Shan Sa
Shan Sa is the pseudonym of Yan Ni, a French author and painter. The Girl Who Played Go was the first of her novels to be published outside France, and won the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens. Her second novel to appear in English translation was Empress. She was awarded chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in July 2009 and chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite in May 2011...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth26 October 1972
CountryFrance
pain sleep eye
Dying is so simple. A fleeting moment of suffering. In the blink of an eye you are over the threshold, into another world. No more pain, no more fears. You sleep so well there. Dying is like rubbing snow together, setting fire to a whole winter of cold and ice.
athens philosopher ancient
I would like to be a philosopher in ancient Athens and a poet in ancient China.
liars politician
Politicians are better liars than writers.
long too-much feels
I have written too much about lives - I feel I have lived for too long.
dare
would you dare to love me?
wall hate fate
In the closed world of the gynaeceum, despite the gardens and parkland extending beyong the horizon, despite the insurmountable walls separating pavillions and palaces, the tangled web of our fate was inescapable. Why did these women love each other to the point of madness? Why did they loathe one another so vehemently, and why did sworn enemies feel such horror and fascination for one another? Why should furious hate become obsession, then intoxication and the very reason to live?Because love and hate were the two heads of the demon.
pain games battle
Happiness is something you lay siege to, it is a battle like a game of go. I will take hold of all the pain and snuff it out.