FOR MATURE READERS ONLY.  Sang is a young scholar living alone in a small village in 18th century China. One night a strange and beautiful woman arrives at his house, and he soon falls deeply in love with her.  But later, a second even more beautiful woman arrives, and things become extremely complicated.  This is a story about fox spirits and ghosts, love and lust, and the unpredictable nature of the human and the not-quite-human heart.

This book is a retelling of a Chinese short story called “Lotus Fragrance,” from Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, a book written by Pu Songling and published in 1740.

It’s written using the 1200 word HSK4 vocabulary, making it accessible to advanced beginner or intermediate students of Chinese. A glossary of all words is included, along with an English translation.  And a free audiobook is available on YouTube on the Imagin8 Press channel.

This book is written in Simplified Chinese, with pinyin and English. available in paperback and ebook.