missing elephant

A-hsiang disappeared. The Whale Circus vanished overnight. Colin ran away from home the day the World Trade Center collapsed. Yuan-sheng lost his face. Patient No. 6 also lost his memory. For the people of O-town, constant loss seems to be a prerequisite for growing up.

 

Seventeen short stories, perhaps all the same story, like M.C. Escher's "Ascending and Descending" staircase that never ends, circling a vast void, without beginning or end, constantly repeating.