Jenny Tinghui Zhang: Four Treasures of the Sky - Taschenbuch

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A propulsive and dazzling debut novel set against the backdrop of the Chinese Exclusion Act, and one Chinese girl fighting to claim her place

´An engulfing, bighearted and heartbreaking novel´ ANN PATCHETT, author of Women´s Prize longlisted The Dutch House

´A sweeping adventure of identity, love and belonging´ C PAM ZHANG, Man Booker longlisted author of How Much of These Hills are Gold

´An impressive and original debut´ THE SUNDAY TIMES
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Daiyu was named after a ghost . . .

Little Daiyu is twelve when her parents disappear. So she runs, disguising herself as a boy, to sweep the steps of Master Wang´s calligraphy school in Zhifu.

But this is just the beginning of a journey that sends her across an ocean to San Francisco and the lawless American west.

Kidnapped. Trafficked. Betrayed.
Prize virgin in a brothel.
Passion. Revenge. Freedom.
A woman in a man´s world.

Daiyu fears her name is a curse on her life.
But what if it might yet set her free?
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´Brilliant and devastating . . . Weaving together myth and history, Zhang´s work is both timeless and utterly necessary right now´ ANNA NORTH, New York Times bestselling author of Outlawed

´An instant and necessary classic, easily among the best novels of this past decade. The story lingers long after its final pages´ T Kira Madden, author of Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls

´An astonishing novel propelled by private and public histories, rich with reflections on self-making, moral calling, great love, and profound injustice´ Megha Majumdar, author of A Burning