An account of the main character's ramble through both urban and rural China as wandering psychoanalyst offering his dream interpretation services. The main character is heavily shaped by years in Europe studying psychoanalysis and is fanatically devoted to Freud. His encounters with the lives and mentalities of Chinese characters in modern mainland China provides opportunities for lots of bizarre humour. At the same time, he seems to be drawing a critical portrait of many aspects of China - politics, social relations, interpersonal relations, social norms.
If you can get into his unusual subtle humour, an interesting book to read.
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