Spent Bullets 章诒和 38《希罗多德的镜子》[法]弗朗索瓦·阿赫托戈

38《希罗多德的镜子》[法]弗朗索瓦·阿赫托戈

among them a princess whose family is wiped out during the Cultural Revolution

A woman moves to the city to work at a government call center and is followed by her violent ex-boyfriend

Describing a China he found fascinating and maddeningly complex

Spent Bullets 章诒和 38《希罗多德的镜子》[法]弗朗索瓦·阿赫托戈Set in Taiwan and the Silicon Valley, a collection of linked stories that explore the meaning of success and the purpose of existence, centered on the short life and long shadow of an engineering genius who descends deeper into despair while rising higher on the professional ladder. The hard working geniuses of Spent Bullets are the crme de la crme of the meritocracy. Educated in the best schools in Taiwan, they move to lucrative positions in Americas