Beijing, 2008, the Olympics are coming, but as taxi driver Wang circles the cit
y's congested streets, he feels barely alive. His daily grind is suddenly interr
upted when he finds a letter in the sunshade of his cab.
Someone is watching
him. Someone who claims to be his soulmate and to have known him for over a thou
sand years. Other letters follow, taking Wang back in time: to a spirit-bride in
the Tang Dynasty; to young slaves during the Mongol invasion; to concubines plo
tting to kill the emperor; to a kidnapping in the Opium War; and to Red Guards d
uring the Cultural revolution.
And with each letter, Wang feels the watcher i
n the shadows growing closer...Sweeping between China past and present, the inca
rnations illuminates the cyclical nature of history, and shows how man is condem
ned to repeat the same mistakes over and over again.
