There Is No If [Paperback]

In this anthology by one of China's rising female authors, the philosophical concept of cause and effect is the main theme that echoes throughout this series of four Chinese novellas.

InThe Night of Rammusenan orphaned young woman explains the tragic demise of her beloved childhood friend in a written letter to her lover, weaving a heartbreaking tale of loyalty and betrayal.

InThe Trilogy, the reader is literally treated to three short stories, beginning with a ring so unique that it survives a cremation to be handed down from one owner to the next, cursing each life it touches. Next, we meet a young widow haunted by a cat from her childhood, and lastly, the changes of a little village forces one family to exhume the body of their dead relative to turn him into ashes.

InThere Is No If, Su De examines the lives of four flawed characters and their entwined destiny as a result of their actions.

Finally,Consequencesis the first of a two-part story about Daughter Three and her quest to find out where she came from and what and who caused her to be.Su De, born in Shanghai in 1981, started writing in 2000. Her best known works includeThe Night of Rammasun, Love on the RailsandThere Is No If. She is a member of the China Writers Association, the Shanghai Writers Association, a Contracted Writer of the Shanghai Writers Association, and chief editor of LOHAS magazine.