Dove: A Love Story of Life and Death in Tokyo

Author: An Ziqing
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Radio host Min Xiaoyan, filled with fantasies about Japan, sets off alone on a flight to the country. Upon arriving in the dreamlike land, Xiaoyan discovers many hardships she cannot bear. To survive, she has to work at a restaurant and later becomes entangled in a relationship with the dissolute young man Yue Tong. Her friend Qiao Na is supported by an elderly Japanese man, the Taiwanese girl Selina is defiled by a group of Japanese men, Li Tong is humiliated by Zhong Shaoer's father, and her lover Wang Zhongshi, who is 20 years older than her, is facing prison in China. Xiaoyan finally realizes that Tokyo is not the paradise she imagined, and she grows from a romantic girl into a woman of reality. Love, dignity, desire, various frustrations, betrayals, and memories intertwine over Tokyo, weaving a humiliating and tearful love story. And what will this legendary paradise city bring to these people? This novel will take you into the real island nation of Japan, into a world of glamour and shadows.