Danny Boy

[Author] Pai Hsien-yung

[Publisher] Jiuzhou Press

[Synopsis]

A collection of essays by the contemporary literary master Pai Hsien-yung. The title essay is a poignant memorial written for Wang Guoxiang, his closest companion of over thirty years. Characterized by restrained and disciplined prose that nonetheless carries profound grief, the piece chronicles their shared moments of planting trees and flowers, through the journey of battling illness, until their ultimate separation by death. It pushes deep friendship and reflections on human impermanence to their absolute emotional peak.