The main character, Kwak Chung, who was an orphan from birth and was born in Chengdu, suffered from polio as a child and was disabled in one leg. He sold rice cakes to merchants returning from the We...more

The main character, Kwak Chung, who was an orphan from birth and was born in Chengdu, suffered from polio as a child and was disabled in one leg. He sold rice cakes to merchants returning from the West for a living while being ignored by all kinds of uncomfortable bodies, and one day on his way home, he accidentally picked up a lamp.