Through the keen eyes and curious mind of a young girl, Ying-tzu, we are given a glimpse into the adult world of Peking in the 1920s. The five sequential stories in this collection can be read as
In Red Chamber, a compassionate looks at dysfunctional sexual relationships driven by a materialist society. A socially inept, social media-obsessed man seeks ‘love’ from a teenage girl who gives her
A baby girl, a family of sugar workers, a disabled man, a student, a well-meaning banker, a village woman and a boy with leprosy. Nobody rich or famous. Just faces in the crowd. Yet each with a remark
