The Incarnations : Black Swan : 9781784160005 : 1784160008 : 23 Apr 2015 : Mesmerizing, fantastical tale of a Beijing taxi driver whose past incarnations over a thousand years haunt him through searing letters sent by a mysterious soulmate 'Reads as China's Midnight's Children. Utterly remarkable' INDEPENDENT 'A kaleidoscopically imaginative novel' THE NEW YORKER 'Multi-layered and masterful' GUARDIAN I dream of us across the centuries ... Beijing, 2008, the Olympics are coming, but as taxi driver Wang circles the city's congested streets, he feels barely alive. His daily grind is suddenly interrupted when he finds a letter in the sunshade of his cab. He is being warned: Someone is watching him. Someone who claims to be his soulmate and to have known him for over a thousand years. Other letters follow, taking Wang back in time: to a spirit-bride in the Tang Dynasty; to young slaves during the Mongol invasion; to concubines plotting to kill the emperor; to a kidnapping in the Opium