Janie Chang trae ispirazione dai racconti sulla vita in una piccola città cinese prima della Seconda Guerra Mondiale e dai miti sugli antenati che incontrarono draghi, fantasmi e immortali. I suoi romanzi, che spesso affrontano la storia e le storie familiari, sono noti per il loro stile elaborato e la loro atmosfera avvolgente. Chang esplora temi di identità, eredità e la connessione tra passato e presente. Le sue opere sono apprezzate per la loro capacità di trasportare i lettori in epoche e culture diverse.
From the critically acclaimed author of The Library of Legends comes a vividly rendered novel set in WWI France about two young women—one Chinese, one French—whose lives intersect with unexpected, potentially dangerous consequences. “East meets West in World War I France.
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She must, they tell her, make amends.As Leiyin delves back in time with the three souls to review her life, she sees the spoiled and privileged teenager she once was, a girl who is concerned with her own desires while China is fractured by civil war and social upheaval.
From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about the intertwined lives of two wronged women, spanning from the chaos of the San Francisco earthquake to the glittering palaces of Versailles. San Francisco, 1906. In a city bustling with newly minted millionaires and scheming upstarts, two very different women hope to change their fortunes: Gemma, a golden-haired, silver-voiced soprano whose career desperately needs rekindling, and Suling, a petite and resolute Chinatown embroideress who is determined to escape an arranged marriage. Their paths cross when they are drawn into the orbit of Henry Thornton, a charming railroad magnate whose extraordinary collection of Chinese antiques includes the fabled Phoenix Crown, a legendary relic of Beijing's fallen Summer Palace. His patronage offers Gemma and Suling the chance of a lifetime, but their lives are thrown into turmoil when a devastating earthquake rips San Francisco apart and Thornton disappears, leaving behind a mystery reaching further than anyone could have imagined . . . until the Phoenix Crown reappears five years later at a sumptuous Paris costume ball, drawing Gemma and Suling together in one last desperate quest for justice.
Napínavé a nezapomenutelné vyprávění o osudech dvou rozdílných žen San Francisco, počátek dvacátého století. Ve městě plném novopečených milionářů doufají dvě rozdílné ženy, že změní svůj osud: Gemma, zlatovlasá sopranistka se výjimečným hlasem, jejíž kariéra zoufale potřebuje oživit, a Suling, drobná vyšívačka z čínské čtvrti, která je odhodlaná uniknout domluvenému sňatku. Jejich cesty se zkříží, když se dostanou do blízkosti Henryho Thorntona, okouzlujícího železničního magnáta, jehož mimořádná sbírka čínských starožitností zahrnuje i bájnou Fénixovu korunu, legendární relikvii z Letního paláce v Pekingu. Když však San Francisco zasáhne ničivé zemětřesení, po Thorntonovi se slehne zem, stejně jako po Fénixově koruně. Po pěti letech se však vzácná relikvie znovu objeví na honosném pařížském maškarním plese...