Four Treasures of the Sky

Beschreibung

A propulsive and dazzling debut novel set against the backdrop of the Chinese Exclusion Act, and one Chinese girl fighting to claim her place<BR><BR>'An engulfing, bighearted and heartbreaking novel' ANN PATCHETT, author of Women's Prize longlisted The Dutch House<BR><BR>'A sweeping adventure of identity, love and belonging' C PAM ZHANG, Man Booker longlisted author of How Much of These Hills are Gold<BR><BR>'An impressive and original debut' THE SUNDAY TIMES<BR>__________<BR><BR>Daiyu was named after a ghost . . .<BR><BR>Little Daiyu is twelve when her parents disappear.

So she runs, disguising herself as a boy, to sweep the steps of Master Wang's calligraphy school in Zhifu.<BR><BR>But this is just the beginning of a journey that sends her across an ocean to San Francisco and the lawless American west.<BR><BR>Kidnapped. Trafficked. Betrayed.<BR>Prize virgin in a brothel.<BR>Passion. Revenge. Freedom.<BR>A woman in a man's world.<BR><BR>Daiyu fears her name is a curse on her life.<BR>But what if it might yet set her free?<BR>__________<BR><BR>'Brilliant and devastating . . .

Weaving together myth and history, Zhang's work is both timeless and utterly necessary right now' ANNA NORTH, New York Times bestselling author of Outlawed<BR><BR>'An instant and necessary classic, easily among the best novels of this past decade. The story lingers long after its final pages' T Kira Madden, author of Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls<BR><BR> 'An astonishing novel propelled by private and public histories, rich with reflections on self-making, moral calling, great love, and profound injustice' Megha Majumdar, author of A Burning

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