In this anthology by one of China's rising female authors, the
philosophical concept of cause and effect is the main theme that echoes
throughout this series of four Chinese novellas.
In The Night of Rammusen an orphaned young woman explains the tragic
demise of her beloved childhood friend in a written letter to her lover,
weaving a heartbreaking tale of loyalty and betrayal.
In The Trilogy, the reader is literally treated to three short
stories, beginning with a ring so unique that it survives a cremation to
be handed down from one owner to the next, cursing each life it touches.
Next, we meet a young widow haunted by a cat from her childhood, and
lastly, the changes of a little village forces one family to exhume the
body of their dead relative to turn him into ashes.
In There Is No If, Su De examines the lives of four flawed characters
and their entwined destiny as a result of their actions.
Finally, Consequences is the first of a two-part story about Daughter
Three and her quest to find out where she came from and what and who
caused her to be.