The Incarnations - Brossura

Barker, Susan

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0857522582 ISBN 13: 9780857522580

Casa editrice: Transworld, 2014

Riassunto

I dream of us across the centuries, my love...I dream of Sorceress Wu splattering the walls with your blood. I dream of Genghis Khan and his Mongols, driving us with whips across the desert. I dream of the sickly Emperor Jiajing and our fellow tortured concubines. I dream of you kneeling before your captors in the Opium Wars, ready for death. I dream of you and me as Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution, our banners held high. The times we were friends, the times we were lovers and the times we wanted to kill each other...Now I dream of you again, Driver Wang. You don't know it yet, but soon I will make you dream of me.

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Recensione:

"Reads as China's Midnight's Children. Utterly remarkable" (The Independent)

"An extraordinary novel. Erudite, intriguing and compulsively readable, THE INCARNATIONS takes the reader on an intimate and mesmerizing journey through Chinese history. Susan Barker, a born story-teller, has written one of the most remarkable novels of recent years." (JOHN BOYNE)

"A thrilling journey through a thousand years of obsession and betrayal and a vivid tapestry of the individual's struggle against the tyranny of history, this is the most extraordinary work of imagination you'll read all year" (ADAM JOHNSON, WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2013)

"A brilliant, mind-expanding and wildly original novel" (CHRIS CLEAVE)

"What a ferociously talented writer Susan Barker is. The Incarnations is a hallucinatory ride. Highly recommend" (ANNA HOPE, Author of WAKE)

"Remarkable - ambitious in scope, painstakingly researched and most importantly, a gripping read." (Publishing Perspectives)

"Letters from someone who claims to have known him for 1,000 years unsettle a cabbie." (The Observer)

"A MUST-READ - July picks" (Marie-Claire Magazine)

"Ambitious in scope, scholarly in depth, and absolutely rivetting ...Sure to make an impact and she deserves all the praise - and most likely prize(s) - that will follow." (South China Post)

"Light and often witty ...There is tragedy, though perhaps not where the reader expects it, but there is also hope." (www.thatsmags.com China)

Descrizione del libro:

A stunning tale of a Beijing taxi driver being pursued by his twin soul across a thousand years of Chinese history. For fans of David Mitchell and Ruth Ozeki

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• Editore: Transworld
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0857522582
• ISBN 13: 9780857522580
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 368