Chronicles of the Empty City

This book portrays the men and women of a small city along the Yangtze River in central China. Most of them are around thirty, facing the many uncertainties that come with this stage of life, as well as challenges at work and at home. They meet in Jiangcheng, but after a series of deeply affecting changes, most of them eventually leave. The city that once held all their joys and sorrows has become an empty city to them...