Love has no hiding place.

Author: Du Lixin
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This novel depicts the emotional entanglement between a married man and a divorced woman, naturally, with the "expecting mother" also playing a role. The complexities of modern urbanites' emotional ecology, the separation or transformation between family and love—these all exist vividly, regardless of human will. The couple in this book builds a subtle relationship through a chance encounter, which evolves, filled with testing, speculation, doubt, passion, anxiety, rage, and resentment. Meanwhile, the other woman, like a detective or spy, lives in constant unease, both seething with anger yet compelled to exercise restraint as she unravels and creates one suspense after another. The brilliance of this book lies in its tightly integrated blend of a highly dramatic story and a deeply detailed psychological portrayal. Beneath the engaging surface plot, the souls of the characters flicker and the undercurrents of their emotions surge.