"Republic of China" is a collection of short anecdotes set during the Republic of China, which brings together multiple elements such as supernatural legends, various street scenes and human nature entanglements. The book contains multiple independent stories, including the ghosts seeking their lives caused by the grievances between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the infatuated obsession behind the marriage of paper figurines, and the secrets of warlords accidentally revealed by Taoist priests to exorcise evil spirits... Each story is rooted in the old folk customs and people's desires. The fiction and reality are intertwined and bizarre, taking readers into a familiar yet unfamiliar world of the old era, and giving a glimpse of the secrets, joys and sorrows of the dusty years.
Reader comments
Each chapter has a short story that doesn't drag on, and the story theme is very novel.
Each chapter has a short story that doesn't drag on, and the story theme is very novel.