Foxfairy is not an adequate translation of the Chinese HULIJING, which is a dangerous supernatural creature, a ghostly shapeshifter, cunning and wily as a fox, and irresistibly alluring as a beautiful woman.
The HULIJING is an appropriate symbol for this story of love, longing, and deception, featuring the last days of the magical city of Old Peking.
Eve Freeman, who was born and grew up in Peking, returns after World War II, seeking a renewal of faith in herself and in the pos.