Fragrant and enchanting

Author: Wan Fang
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: One book, A Hollow Mirror, brought Wan Fang into the limelight, far surpassing her fame as the daughter of Cao Yu. Wan Fang's novels truly have something to offer. She always manages to portray the most ordinary life with vivid detail, then adds a touch of brilliance at a critical moment. Reading Wan Fang is like reading our own lives, much like this book, Allured by Fragrance. It follows the birth of a little boy, watches his entire growth process, then his first love, his marriage—all seemingly progressing in a logical order. Yet, life is always just a little different from what we imagine.
A boy who grows up with parents who separate early carries a unique sensitivity toward love. His first love introduces him to the taste of love. Trees bloom, springs flow—the heavens bestow the happiest scenes upon lovers, only to take them away again. The second marriage traps the man and his wife in an unbearable dilemma. Couples who lack love gradually twist themselves, struggling between whether to end it or not, until they can no longer live like this.
After enduring both joy and sorrow, love finally comes. The world craves love, yet fears it, for it burns like fire, intense and consuming, and deepens like an abyss, full of immense suction. Do you have enough strength to endure it?