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Cong Yan is a passionate fiction writer and a poet living in Carmel, Indiana, USA. In addition to this fiction collection, he also authored fictions of "Seagull Professor", "Blooming Azalea", "Bloody Rose", etc.. He is also a photographer who loves to travel and catch amazing moments of landscape and people using camera. Currently, he is a professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

A group of highly achieved "Seagull Professors" living and working in the United States and China struggled with their soul-searching of personal identity and loyalty. They were puzzled by the meaning of their life destination and rewards - fame, wealth, health, living in comfort, etc.. Then they began to travel, and to find out the happiness that really matters to them.

Famous Professor Liu Yihe raised his daughter Azalea alone in the United States and sent her to a prestigious medical school. While served as a resident physician in a hospital, Azalea discovered a shocking secret more than 30 years ago from an unexpected accident of Liu Yihe. They were struggling to face their past and could not get out of it. On the other hand, Liu Yihe's childhood girlfriend Maodi was waiting for him to change his mind and ...

In 80s of the last century, China implemented an open-door policy by sending a large number of students to study in the United States, expecting them to return home and serve for China. In 1989, China surged with stormy movement of freedom and democracy. The conservatives and reformists fiercely battled for power control. In the United States, Chinese oversea-students were inspired and encouraged by the movement. While they were trying to acco...