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The incarnations, Susan Barker

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fiction

The incarnations

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Susan Barker

"Hailed as "China's Midnight's Children," a gripping new novel about a Beijing taxi driver whose past incarnations haunt him through searing letters sent by his mysterious soulmate"--, Provided by publisher"I am your soulmate, your old friend, and I have come back to this city of sixteen million in search of you." So begins the first letter that falls into Wang's lap as he flips down the visor in his taxi. The letters that follow are filled with the stories of Wang's previous lives-- from escaping a marriage to a spirit bride, to being a slave on the run from Genghis Khan, to living as a fisherman during the Opium Wars. As the letters continue to appear seemingly out of thin air, Wang becomes convinced that someone is watching him-- someone who claims to have known him for over one thousand years. And with each letter, Wang feels the watcher growing closer and closer...