Dragon Springs Road - A Novel

In 1908, Jialing is only seven years old when she is abandoned in the courtyard of a once-lavish estate near Shanghai. Jialing is zazhong—Eurasian—and faces a lifetime of contempt from both the Chinese and Europeans. Without her mother’s protection, she can survive only if the estate’s new owners, the Yang family, agree to take her in.
Jialing finds allies in Anjuin, the eldest Yang daughter, and Fox, an animal spirit who has lived in the haunted courtyard for centuries. But Jialing’s life as the Yangs’ bondservant changes unexpectedly when she befriends a young English girl who then mysteriously vanishes.
Always hopeful of finding her long-lost mother, Jialing grows into womanhood during the tumultuous early years of the Chinese republic, guided by Fox and by her own strength of spirit, away from the shadows of her past. But she finds herself drawn into a murder at the periphery of political intrigue, a relationship that jeopardizes her friendship with Anjuin, and a forbidden affair that brings danger to the man she loves.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Janie Chang is a Globe and Mail bestselling author of historical fiction. Born in Taiwan, Chang has lived in the Philippines, Iran, Thailand, New Zealand, and Canada. Her novels often draw from family history and ancestral stories. She has a degree in computer science and is a graduate of the Writer’s Studio Program at Simon Fraser University. She is the author of Three Souls, Dragon Springs Road, The Library of Legends, and The Porcelain Moon; and co-author of the USA Today bestseller The Phoenix Crown, with Kate Quinn.

Zusammenfassung

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Zusatztext

“Dragon Springs Road is simply one of the best novels I have read in a long time. With her lyrical, heartfelt portrait of a vanished world . . . Janie Chang has created an enchanting and unforgettable book. I recommend it unreservedly.”

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Janie Chang, Chang Janie
• Verlag: William Morrow
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 10.01.2017
• EAN: 9780062388957
• ISBN: 978-0-06-238895-7
• Seiten: 400
• Abmessung: 135 mm x 203 mm x 23 mm
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Fantasy, Historical fiction, Romance: fantasy and paranormal, WOMEN'S LITERATURE: LITERATURE/FICTION, FICTION: Literary, LITERATURE: WOMEN'S LITERATURE, FICTION: Historical / General, FICTION: Romance / Fantasy, FICTION: Fantasy / General, FICTION: Asian American, FICTION: Sagas, FICTION: Coming of Age, ASIAN & ASIAN AMERICAN: ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE, LITERATURE: ASIAN & ASIAN-AMERICAN, FICTION: World Literature / American / 21st Century, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Literature / Women's Literature, Women's Literature / Literature/Fiction, Literature / Asian & Asian-American, Asian & Asian American / Asian American Literature