The Elm Tree (Volume 1): Seeds of Change

di Ma (Autore)

James Trapp (Traduttore)

ACA Publishing Limited, 2018

It has been six years since China threw off imperial rule, yet Beijing seems largely unchanged. The city is a chaotic, roiling sea of humanity inhabited by merchants, hawkers and street urchins. In the midst of it all, Qi Yuexuan, the sole scion of a distinguished family, lives a life of indolence. But change is coming. Forces from within and without are becoming increasingly influential, while the new ideas they bring are shaking the foundations of the nation. Reappraising his entrenched values, Qi is torn between tradition and the new order. The Elm Tree paints an intimate, yet vivid picture of an extraordinary cast of characters associated with the Qi household. It documents a forgotten way of life before it was swept away by the turmoil of foreign occupation and civil war…

• Autore: Ma
• Traduttore: James Trapp
• Editore: ACA Publishing Limited
• Collana: The Elm Tree Series
• Anno: 2018
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 720 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 1066 gr.
• EAN: 9781910760406

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