Spring. Florence. Giacomo's palazzo. Mark is invited to decipher some archival material. A young man's confession in 1957 recalls Mark's father-in-law, who has remained an enigma. How does one live with grief unspoken and walls unfallen? Can one forgive the unforgivable?
Olivier returns from New York to Paris to find his sister Constance in pieces. Trying to fulfil his brotherly duty, he discovers a world beyond his imagination. What has an ancient diagram got to do with it all? Why is colour a metaphor for our existence? Why is divination a science?
Fou Lei (1908-1966) is modern China's most renowned critic-translator. This biography is a revelation of his formative years in Europe between the Wars, and an investigation of his existential struggles between Revolutions. Other than minor corrections, this edition is identical to the Brill version (2017; 2020), discontinued since 2022.
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