The Incarnations

di Susan Barker (Autore)

Transworld Digital, 2014

**'You must be wondering who I am. I am your soulmate, your old friend, and I have come back to this city of sixteen million in search of you' A sweeping tale of love, betrayal and sacrifice told through five lives over a thousand years of Chinese history** 'Reads as China's Midnight's Children. Utterly remarkable' Independent 'Kaleidoscopically imaginative ' The New Yorker 'An immersive, stunningly weird tale' Guardian Beijing, 2008, the Olympics are coming, but as taxi driver Wang circles the city's congested streets, he feels barely alive. His daily grind is suddenly interrupted when he finds a letter in the sunshade of his cab. He is being warned: Someone is watching him. Someone who claims to be his soulmate and to have known him for over a thousand years. Other letters follow, and Wang will re-live five lives with his soulmate: - as spirit-brides escaping sacrifice in the Tang Dynasty; - young slaves dashing through the desert after the Mongol invasion; - palace concubines plotting to kill their murderous emperor; - fisherman assisting a bloody kidnapping in the Opium War; - Red Guards turning against their schoolfriends during the Cultural revolution. As each past life unfolds, Wang feels his ghostly soulmate. In the shadows. Growing closer ... __________________________________ A New York Times Editors' Choice and Notable Book of the Year. Shortlisted for the Kirkus Prize for Fiction PRAISE FOR SUSAN BARKER: '[A] kaleidoscopically imaginative novel...

• Autore: Susan Barker
• Anno edizione: 2014
• Editore: Transworld Digital
• Formato: EPUB2 con Adobe DRM
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9781473508873