“Spirits of the railway” by Paul Lee

Based on a variety of experiences of Chinese immigrants who once went to Canada to build the Pacific railway, Paul Lee embarked on several stories in his original collection of “Tales from Gold Mountain”.
In one of them, “Spirits of the railway”, a young fellow tried to rescue his father who had unfortunately died under the most horrible conditions inside a mountain when building a tunnel. His father as well as some other Chinese railway workers had turned into ghosts and could not possibly rest in peace for they were never to have a respectful burial. Chu, the son, was asked by his father to appease the spirits of all the dead by consigning all their souls to grave on the top of a high cliff so that they could all leave calmly to the next world. In good time, he could eventually honor his father’s request.
The place was no longer haunted … “And spirits never again disturbed (…), nor the long trains that came later”.
A genuinely artistic as well as interesting collection of stories…You can’t miss them!
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Emma