Bitterly disappointed about his life and the whole society, 15-year-old Lin Sen decides to drown himself in a river. However, Lin's suicide is turned into a murder case, and the truth about his death is known only to a mentally ill beggar.

Beautifully written, Dream of Flying Flowers is an honest illustration of a youth's futile struggle to defy the merciless, crushing weight of reality. Can anyone ever evade the manipulation of fate? Or, perhaps idealism is only a laughing matter as easily forgiven and forgotten as the fallen cherry blossoms?

Xie Lu is a Chinese author whose style is deeply influenced by classic Chinese literature as well as contemporary European and American masterpieces. His language is refreshing, fluent and poetic, his settings similar to those in movie scripts. His female characters are as three-dimensional as his representation of nature's stunning beauty. ... More