Buddha states that the root of all suffering is attachment, and the cause of attachment is ignorance. While attachment leads to suffering, how can one transcend it? Do people escape suffering and happiness simply by dying? What does it mean to die? It is said that dying is not significant; the soul merely changes bodies. But does everything else perish with the body—relationships, memories—does the soul forget all of this? The narrative of the author’s novel is based on these profound questions.
