1989出版《泥河》由Howard C. Goldblatt (葛浩文）推薦列於1990年大英百科全書中文文學年鑑。「….but more exciting was the emergence of young writers like CHEN YEH ， whose “ MUDDY RIVER” broaches the heretofore forbidden subject of brutal occupation of Taiwan by the Nationalists in 1948。─Literatuer：Chinese」
