Selected Collection of Strange Stories Volume 1 -

Author: Li Bihua
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: This collection of short stories and novellas by Li Bihua includes her recent tales of the supernatural and the bizarre. Drawing inspiration from the everyday life, street gossip, and mundane incidents of contemporary society, the author transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary, weaving them into a series of eerie tales that explore the cycles of cause and effect and the predestined nature of relationships. The characters in the book are uniquely crafted, and the stories are ingenious, fantastical, and eerie, resembling a modern-day Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. The selected works include Miso Soup, The Key, Entanglement, The White Tiger, A Single Embroidered Needle, The Blue Spider, Meteor Shower Antidote, Three Thousand Layers of Flax Fabric, and Wanhua Mirror. This collection features over ten of Li Bihua's supernatural tales, chosen from the works of the Hong Kong Golden Award-winning screenwriter and best-selling author, known as the "woman of extraordinary talent," Li Bihua. It allows readers to experience the charm of a modern Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio.