Sigh

Author: Lao Cun
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Renowned writer Fei Fei comes to Guo Mountain Town to write a real and dramatic story that happened locally. But as his investigation deepens, he finds himself trapped in a huge lie. In a small town restaurant, he meets the daughter of the enemy in the story—a woman with a unique charm. He realizes that she is the kind of woman he could never encounter again in his lifetime. Between them, what unfolds is a tragic and beautiful illicit affair, a severe transgression of social status and life ideals. In the conflict between reality and ideals, he follows his heart's choice and experiences a passionate yet heart-wrenching love with her. Soon after, his lover is brutally killed by thugs in the name of revolution. In anger, he sets the manuscript ablaze, walking into eternal silence, unwilling to continue writing against his conscience. In his later years, as he lies on his deathbed, in a fantasy, the stunningly beautiful woman sits in the misty mountain town restaurant, quietly and deeply grieving, waiting for him.