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Exploring themes of art, memory, and self-discovery, this novel centers on Song Yan, a former concert pianist navigating her unfulfilled life in Beijing. Struggling with her husband's reluctance to start a family and haunted by dreams of a mysterious mushroom, she finds solace in her mother-in-law's culinary traditions with Yunnan mushrooms. The arrival of these mushrooms leads her to a surreal encounter with Bai Yu, a vanished pianist, prompting a journey through grief and the possibility of new beginnings amidst the vibrant backdrop of contemporary Beijing.
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Ghost Music, Yu-An Hsu
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- Released
- 2023
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- Title
- Ghost Music
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Yu-An Hsu
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Released
- 2023
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1529112176
- ISBN13
- 9781529112177
- Category
- World prose
- Description
- Exploring themes of art, memory, and self-discovery, this novel centers on Song Yan, a former concert pianist navigating her unfulfilled life in Beijing. Struggling with her husband's reluctance to start a family and haunted by dreams of a mysterious mushroom, she finds solace in her mother-in-law's culinary traditions with Yunnan mushrooms. The arrival of these mushrooms leads her to a surreal encounter with Bai Yu, a vanished pianist, prompting a journey through grief and the possibility of new beginnings amidst the vibrant backdrop of contemporary Beijing.