Unquiet Heart Soliloquy

A realist novel about dating apps and unrequited online love, set in fast-moving, modern Shanghai

A man travels to Shanghai to visit his online lover Luna, but she refuses to meet him and soon disappears without a trace.

He turns to a plethora of dating apps for comfort, but after many casual outings with other women he is unable to fill the void of intimacy and finds himself struggling with a sudden impotence. He finds work as a translator and settles into the streets of Xuhui, where he disc...