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From the acclaimed Chinese-American author, a story of two sisters and the deadly rivalry that comes to separate them. Beginning in 1925, it tells the story not only of one family, but of China across the turbulent years of the 20th century, through war, revolution, occupation and exile. When their mother dies, Junan and her little sister Yinan make a pact to stay together forever. They grow up in Hangzhou, in their wealthy father's house, Junan becoming every year more beautiful, Yinan shyer and more withdrawn. One night, some men come to the house to play paigao, among them a young soldier called Li Ang. When the girls' father loses once more at the tiles, he pays his gambling debt with the hand of his older daughter. So the beautiful Junan becomes the bride of the ambitious and handsome Li Ang. Junan, exquisite and cold, makes the mistake she had always feared making, the mistake that disgraced her mother and led to her early death. Quite simply, she falls in love with her husband. When the Japanese invade, Li Ang is sent to protect the wartime capital. Unable to join him herself and tormented by love and jealousy, Junan makes her second mistake.She sends to him the one woman she can trust, her quiet and dreamy younger sister Yinan. As delicately nuanced and coloured as a painting, Lan Samantha Chang's first novel tells a classic story of desire and love.

About the Author :
Lan Samantha Chang was born in Wisconsin in 1966. A graduate of the Kennedy School of Public Government, she has since embarked on a writing career, attending the Iowa School of Writing and teaching at Stanford. She is a winner of an Alfred Hodder Fellowship and now teaches creative writing at Harvard University. Her stories have appeared in the best of the American Literary magazines such as The Atlantic, and in top collections such as Best American Short Stories

Review :
Lan Samantha Chang's characters are all movingly drawn, but her portrait of an unforgiving Junan, wrapping the rags of traditional dignity around her in a world falling apart, is both chilling and touching. - GUARDIAN (9.10.04) - Rachel Hoare 'This sweeping epic tale tells the story of two sisters in China and the romantic rivalry that threatens to destroy them and their family. Beautiful.' **** - HEAT (30 October-5 November and 6-12 November) 'a tender study of what happens to kin when love can only be acknowledged haltingly, when the urge for self-control is paramount, and when the need for security outweighs other instincts. The deadweight of unspoken feeling and the restrictive demands of elaborate social etiquette call to mind the aching beauty of Wong Kar Wai's film, 'In the Mood for Love''. - TIME OUT (27 Oct -3 Nov) - Book of the Week - Am Kaye Comparisons with Amy Tan are perhaps inevitable, but the author brings her own quiet lyricism and emotional acuity to a family drama made all the more fascinating for its exotic setting. - DAILY MAIL (29.10.04) - Elizabeth Buchan Fans of Chang's short stories will love this moving novel spanning the stormy years of 20th century China. - MAIL ON SUNDAY (14.11.04) an engaging read. - CITY LIFE (MANCHESTER) 18.11.04 - Marissa Burgess The skill with which this novel is written is magical. The historical backgroun


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780297847960
  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
  • Publisher Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • Height: 226 mm
  • Weight: 500 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0297847961
  • Publisher Date: 14 Oct 2004
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Spine Width: 28 mm
  • Width: 149 mm


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