Happy Dreams is Jia Pingwa’s “novel” of migrant personnel life in Xi’an, China. I use novel loosely mainly because it’s modeled on an genuine Happy Liu, a schoolmate of Jia’s. You don’t uncover any of the backstory right up until the author notes following the novel, which is disappointing. I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CUjpwn-mPk