In Dark Night, Li describes the way capitalist society warps people's characters, values, and relationships. She also explored another taboo-a woman's extramarital affair.
《暗夜》中，李昂描繪了資本主義社會下扭曲的人性、價值觀與愛情觀，並探討現代婚姻的另一個禁忌──女性外遇問題。