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Hong Kong. American journalist Paul and his Chinese girlfriend face a crisis. A troubling letter arrives from mainland China from Christine s long lost brother and they feel compelled to come to his rescue. There they find a village in turmoil and his brother s life in disarray. Their dangerous quest for justice begins set against a China beset by corrupt politicians, ruthless business interests where citizens, still in the long shadow of the Cultural Revolution have few rights in the face of an all-powerful system. Sendker's world is rich and intense: his books weave together love story and crime thriller, the wisdom of Confucius and the thoughts of Mao, between the emotive West and the fatalistic, philosophical East. And above all a sense of deep, honest faith in the human spirit. Product Information: ISBN: 9781846973543 Author: Jan Philipp Sendker Publisher: Polygon Format: Paperback Pages: 362 Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2.5cm
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'If you have not yet discovered Jan-Philipp Sendker then you are in for a treat. Born in Germany he has travelled extensively in China and Burma and this wonderful book utilises his wide knowledge of China, its people, politics and customs to create a superb literary thriller of romance, adventure and intrigue' --New Books Mag
'The more prosaic, dare I say more political, approach of the Chinese stories has a wider readership [than Sendker's Burma novels]. It is a readership Sendker deserves. He manages to maintain a poetic feel to his writing, even when grubbing about in the nastiness of controlled state crime' --The Bookbag
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'The more prosaic, dare I say more political, approach of the Chinese stories has a wider readership [than Sendker's Burma novels]. It is a readership Sendker deserves. He manages to maintain a poetic feel to his writing, even when grubbing about in the nastiness of controlled state crime' --The Bookbag
Jan-Philipp Sendker, born in Hamburg in 1960, was the American correspondent for Stern from 1990 to 1995, and its Asian correspondent from 1995 to 1999. In 2000 he published Cracks in the Great Wall, a non-fiction book about China. Bestseller The Art of Hearing Heartbeats was his first novel. He lives in Germany with his family.
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- PublisherPolygon (An Imprint of Birlinn Limited)
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1846973546
- ISBN 13 9781846973543
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. The second in Sendker's Rising Dragon series finds Hong Kong-based journalist Paul Leibovitz travelling to a remote village outside Shanghai where the locals, still caught in the shadow of the Cultural Revolution, have fallen foul of an ecological disaster mired in government corruption. Seller Inventory # 517979
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