Publisher's Synopsis
Deng Xiaohua, better known by her pen name Can Xue, is a Chinese avant-garde fiction writer and literary critic. Her family was severely persecuted following her father being labeled a rightist in the Anti-Rightist Campaign of 1957. This book describes the struggle of individual lives amidst the enlightenment of the grand allegory background. Follow the vague call to the magical water village after a long journey. In this wonderland, people will realize their dreams as long as they act. Everything is possible, the power of life rushes to the peak of ideals in the carnival. And the earth responds to the beating of the heart in calmness
