[No Book Data for this Book Number]The novel’s environmental ethos is also very much of the now, with numerous, vivid descriptions of urban decay competing with the natural world. As an example, there’s a wistful moment where the novelist sees a bird rise into the air with…
“an elongated body and exquisite movements, feathers as pale and radiant as a phoenix, all the colours of the world, soaring over Yong’an Forest, letting out a piercing cry, unbearably sad, circling the city once, then disappearing into the clouds.”