Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Vol. 2 (of 2)

** "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Vol. 2 (of 2)" by Songling Pu is a collection of make-believe stories from long ago that explore what is right and wrong, love, and the world beyond what we see, using amazing details and interesting people. Each story seems to show us how people acted and the hard parts of living long ago in China. One story we hear, is about a really handsome young man, who is a trader's son, who ends up in a weird place because of a storm at sea. The people who live there are not good looking and think he's a demon at first because he is so handsome. As he gets to know this strange place, he finds out how they live and how important looks are instead of what you can do. He becomes important, gets good at music, marries into the royal family and thinks about love and doing what you're supposed to do. This story starts a world of dreams with deep hidden meanings, and looks at who you are and what people think is important, it shows us how different beauty can be from what society expects. **