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A looking-glass world
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- Book Synopsis
- 1900. For Tianjin's European colonists a profitable new century is dawning, but for the city's downtrodden Chinese natives the Zodiac cycle's end signals imminent catastrophe. Meanwhile the fearsome Boxer warriors - said by some to be bulletproof - are spilling in from the provinces.On restless streets, a dangerous liaison begins. Ouyang Jue, gentle layabout and heir to a merchant fortune, finds himself entangled with Xénia, a French officer's daughter indulging every impulse on her first visit to China. Each sees liberation in the other; a chance to leap through the mirror and escape the mundane.Separated by the widening divide between their two worlds, the lovers were never meant to be. But as discontent sparks into all-out conflagration, will they find paradise behind the glass? Or will they join the ashes of what might have been?
- About The Author
- Feng Jicai is a contemporary author, artist and cultural scholar who rose to prominence as a pioneer of China's Scar Literature movement. He has published almost a hundred literary works in China and over forty internationally, with his artwork exhibited worldwide. His influence on contemporary Chinese society is huge, particularly in the preservation and promotion of Chinese folk culture.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781838905149
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Sinoist Books, (14 June 2021)
- Number of Pages
- 216
- Weight
- 378 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 216 x 225 x 19 mm
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