He was a writer. He thought he wrote about the future but it really was the past. In his novel, a mysterious train left for 2046 every once in a while. Everyone who went there had the same intention.....to recapture their lost memories.

Several women enter a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years, after the author has lost the woman he considers his one true love.

This novel, set in modern-day Shanghai, tells a story about a young writer struggling between blending in the surrounding environment and standing out in the career. Author of the book, Zhou Jia Ning (1982-), is a Chinese novelist who has been considered one of the most influential writers of her generation.

Receiving an invitation to his ex-boyfriend's wedding, Arthur, a failed novelist on the eve of his fiftieth birthday, embarks on an international journey that finds him falling in love, risking his life, reinventing himself, and making connections with the past.

"Miladi shi ge nü hai de ming zi. Ba shi nian dai chu, er shi sui de Miladi cong jun dui wen gong tuan zhuan ye ; ta de ren sheg ye jing li le zui guan jian de zhuan xing -- cong yi ge bei dong biao yan yi shu de wu zhe, zhuan wei yi ge du li si kao chuang zuo de nian qing zuo jia. Ba shi nian dai chu, si hu gei Miladi dai lai le yi ci guan nian da xi pai; Ai qing, xing, zi you, min zhu ...... si hu ren men de guan nian he xing wei mo shi zai yi...