Unquiet Graves: English-Chinese Contrast

Author: James
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Publish Date: 1999-07-01
Features: The dead are not always quietly lying in their graves. Sometimes they still have unfinished business in this world or want to take revenge for the wrongs they suffered; perhaps they have also done evil in life, and even after death, they cannot rest in peace, so they must return to bring trouble and fear to the living. In these five stories, the dead may arrive at any time in strange ways—either to an Oxford college where Mr. Williams is interested in looking at an old painting; or to a small hotel where young Mr. Thomson is staying on vacation. In Mr. Edward Dunning's room, the light goes out, he reaches for a match, and what does his hand touch in the darkness? The wife and stepson of Sir Bowles want to ask a question, but only Bowles knows the answer. How do you ask a question of a dead person lying in a grave? When Professor Perkins blows an old whistle he found, is it only the wind that answers, or is there something else? Something you can't see or hear, but it's hard to imagine how terrifying it is...