Mascara Stick

Author: Li Bihua
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Li Bihua is a renowned column writer in Hong Kong's literary world, known as the "Femme Fatale of the Arts." She excels in writing love stories with a touch of bloodshed, retelling the stories of controversial women from ancient and modern times, and is hailed by literary critics as a representative of the "New Feminist Perspective." The film adaptation of her novel, also titled [Title], stars the late celebrities Leslie Cheung and Michelle Reis. The story revolves around a romantic tale from the past in Shat Tseng, Hong Kong, where a fleeting affair unfolds amidst the smoke and mirrors of the old days, turning into a dreamlike romance of lovers and butterflies, marked by lipstick, actors, and opium. This book tells the story of a famous courtesan in Hong Kong, like a flower, returning to the mortal world after her death to search for her old love. She had once taken her own life alongside the dissolute young man, the "Twelve Young Lords," in a tragic double suicide. However, the Twelve Young Lords was saved, leaving them separated by life and death, which gives rise to a poignant tale of love and betrayal.