Rain and Snow of 1939 is a novel that is set during the Sino-Japanese War from 1931 to 1945, but rather than focusing on battle scenes, tells of events that take place in between them and on their periphery. A Japanese woman arrives in China with one goal in mind: reuniting with her beloved husband. However, she is taken captive by a folk hero of the anti-Japanese resistance, Zhu Yidian, and her search for her husband becomes a struggle to survive. This is a novel about romantic entanglements and turning points in life, packed with thrills and suspense, a monument to history, a meditation on human nature, a masterwork of emotional depth, and a good story.