七篇现实主义的世情故事，七种流动的俗世悲欢——作者搭建了一个虚构世界，有中国及东南亚社会在狂飙突进里的风雨流变，也有普通人在时空变换里的颠沛流离。从北京、上海、广州、香港、青岛等小城，到温哥华、槟城、胡志明市和新加坡，小说讲述在流动的生存场景里，人们如何面对孤独，如何寻求认同，如何抵抗命运。

River of no return

This collection of seven realist stories portrays seven shifting forms of worldly sorrow and joy. Through a carefully constructed fictional world, the author captures the turbulence and transformations of Chinese and Southeast Asian societies amid rapid change, while also depicting the displacement and uncertainty experienced by ordinary people across different times and places.

From Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Qingdao to Vancouver, Penang, Ho Chi Minh City, and Singapore, the stories explore how individuals confront loneliness, the search for identity, and struggle against fate within constantly changing landscapes of survival and migration.