Four Treasures of the Sky

A propulsive and dazzling debut novel set against the backdrop of the Chinese Exclusion Act, about a Chinese girl fighting to claim her place in the 1880s American Westbr>br>Daiyu never wanted to be like the tragic heroine for whom she was named, revered for her beauty and cursed with heartbreak. But when she is kidnapped and smuggled across an ocean from China to America, Daiyu must relinquish the home and future she imagined for herself. Over the years that follow, she is forced to keep reinventing herself to survive. From a calligraphy school, to a San Francisco brothel, to a shop tucked into the Idaho mountains, we follow Daiyu on a desperate quest to outrun the tragedy that chases her. As anti-Chinese sentiment sweeps across the country in a wave of unimaginable violence, Daiyu must draw on each of the selves she has been-including the ones she most wants to leave behind-in order to finally claim her own name and story.br>br>At once a literary tour de force and a groundbreaking work of historical fiction, Four Treasures of the Sky announces Jenny Tinghui Zhang as an indelible new voice. Steeped in untold history and Chinese folklore, this novel is a spellbinding feat.>

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An engulfing, bighearted and heartbreaking novel. Illuminates shocking injustices, and makes us stop and consider how many survive to this day Ann Patchett, author of Women's Prize longlisted The Dutch House

Product details

• Authors: Jenny Tinghui Zhang
• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.04.2022
• EAN: 9780241533031
• ISBN: 978-0-241-53303-1
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; China, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, North America, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: displacement, exile, migration, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, North America (USA and Canada), FICTION / Own Voices