Ghost Music

Exploring themes of art, memory, and self-discovery, this novel centers on Song Yan, a former concert pianist navigating her unfulfilled life in Beijing. Struggling with her husband's reluctance to start a family and haunted by dreams of a mysterious mushroom, she finds solace in her mother-in-law's culinary traditions with Yunnan mushrooms. The arrival of these mushrooms leads her to a surreal encounter with Bai Yu, a vanished pianist, prompting a journey through grief and the possibility of new beginnings amidst the vibrant backdrop of contemporary Beijing.