内容简介
Beijing,2008,theOlympicsarecoming,butastaxidriverWangcirclesthecity’scongestedstreets,hefeelsbarelyalive.Hisdailygrindissuddenlyinterruptedwhenhefindsaletterinthesunshadeofhiscab.Someoneiswatchinghim.Someonewhocl
作者简介
SusanBarker(born1978)isaBritishnovelist.ShehasanEnglishfatherandaChinese-MalaysianmotherandgrewupinEastLondon.SheistheauthorofthenovelSayonaraBar,whichTimemagazinecalled"acocktailofastringentculturalobservations,genresstirredandshaken,subplotsservedwithatwist"andTheOrientalistandtheGhost,bothlonglistedfortheDylanThomasPrize.HerthirdnovelTheIncarnationsisaboutataxidriverincontemporaryBeijingandinterwovenwithtalesfromtheTangdynasty,theinvasionofGenghisKhan,theMingdynasty,theOpiumWar,andtheCulturalRevolution.WhilewritingTheIncarnationsshespentseveralyearslivinginBeijing,researchingmodernandimperialChina.
