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Handlingen udspiller sig i Gaotian i juni over 24 timer. Fortælleren er Li Niannian, en 14-årig dreng. Hans onkel ejer et krematorium. Hans far, Tianbao, laver begravelseskranse og er involveret i at udvinde olie fra de døde kroppe. Det er ulovligt, men mere end 500 mennesker mister livet...

Kortromanen følger en lille kinesisk landsbys møde med naturens magter. Da en længerevarende tørke tvinger landsbyens beboere til at søge mod nye, mildere himmelstrøg, vurderer en 72-årig mand, at han ikke kan overleve den hårde bjergvandring, som hans naboer planlægger. Som det eneste...

In a little village in the mountains, 14-year-old Li Niannian and his parents run a funeral parlor. One evening, he notices a strange occurrence. Instead of preparing for bed, more and more neighbors appear in the streets and fields, carrying on with their daily business as if the sun hadn’t already set. Li Niannian watches, mystified. As hundreds of residents are found dreamwalking, they act out the desires they’ve suppressed during waking hours. Before long, the community devolves into chaos, and it’s up to Li Niannian and his parents to save the town before sunrise.