Heartbeat of two cities

Author: Xiaotang
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: The Heartbeat of Two Cities is a long novel depicting youth and love. The author describes the emotional entanglements between Xiaotang, a boy passionate about literary creation, Yezi, a blind girl, Sutan, a wealthy heiress, and Xiaodao, a bar singer, in a poetic yet somewhat somber style. In late summer 2004, after the female protagonist Yezi and Sutan disappear from Xiaotang's life, he chooses to leave Shanghai, a city as fragile as crystal. Before leaving, he enters a café where he had once experienced the most important wait in his life. He suffers from a strange illness—he cannot remember anything, but seeing the familiar place triggers memories of both happy and sorrowful past events, and he cannot help but recall them. With a cup of coffee and a cup of cola, Xiaotang confides in the café owner, Aijing, about that tragic love, completing his life's choice and cycle.