Title: Query about style
Review: I thought this a good and involving book, but I had a problem believing it - not because the stories themselves are incredible, but because the manner of telling them involves an excessive number of remarkable coincidences.This may be a tradition in Chinese literature that I am unaware of - a kind of 'tidying up' of events to enhance the balance of a true story - but the final effect was to make me a little doubtful.In particular, the coincidences relating to the author's father's former classmate stretched credulity, especially given the population and geographic scale of China.However, that said, the picture of women's lives is tragic and moving, and may increase understanding of 20th century China for a lot of Western readers.
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