What is the author's style in Family by Pa Chin?

This is a translation of Pa Chin's original work. The translator is Sidney Shapiro. The writing is poetic and very insightful, full of metaphors and beautiful images. The author includes many of the thoughts of characters in addition to dialogue, so the reader gets a good understanding of the motives of each of the characters. This allows the reader to have more empathy for some of the characters who might be easily misunderstood.