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I immediately knew what book I wanted to read.

One of my something books—a book that has sat unread on my shelves for more than twenty years. And happily so. Situated near the end of a dead-end street, it is a self-contained world. The window curtains are drawn, and even the cries of the crows and sparrows seem to be shut out. Link residents seldom step outside and The Destination By Wang Anyi the maids do not stop to gossip. As soon as the sun goes down, the iron gate is clanged shut, leaving a small side door illuminated by an electric lamp as the only point of entry.

It is the quiet of a woman on shore straining to catch sight of her husband at sea, a forced quiet.

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Here is a fantasy land purchased at the price of loneliness and relinquished youth. In this fantasy land, one day is a hundred years. The streets of Shanghai are filled with would-be Alices, women who are discontent with being ordinary, women full of dreams.

There are so many lovely sentences represented by that single ellipsis above. Yet, in an impatient reading mood, it could be wholly dismissed. What a wonderfully appropriate project for this strangest and most unsettling of years.

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Are you sad about your calendar being done soon? What are your plans for calendars? The only other Shanghai book I can remember reading is Besotted by Melissa Duclos, a book-world friend of mine.]