An absolutely stunning novel. Set in 1970s China during a burgeoning groundswell of anti-communist feeling that was a precursor to the Tiananmen Square uprising.
Li effortlessly slips the reader into the heads of a multitude of characters — sometimes several within the same chapter. There is never a confusion. Instead, the tension builds as the reader realizes the intersecting wants and needs of the community of characters and how they’ll ultimately crash together in unexpected ways.
This is a novel that says with the reader long after finishing.
