Celebrate Chinese New Year on January 23rd by reading a novel set in China. Here are some suggestions:
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The last empress / Anchee Min Follows the last empress of China, as Empress Orchid copes with tragic personal losses as she struggles to save her crumbling empire. |
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The good earth / Pearl S. Buck A Chinese peasant overcomes the forces of nature and the frailties of human nature to become a wealthy landowner. |
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Sons of heaven : a novel / Terrence Cheng A compelling historical novel set in China in 1989 follows three characters--a dissident, his ideologically opposed brother who has been sent to apprehend him, and Deng Ziaoping, the Chinese leader behind the shocking events at Tiananmen Square. |
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Dragon games / Stephen Mertz A security officer at the Beijing Olympics has assembled a paramilitary strike force that is about ready to unleash a bloodbath in the action packed thriller. |
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Snow flower and the secret fan : a novel / Lisa See A story of friendship set in nineteenth-century China follows an elderly woman and her companion as they communicate their hopes, dreams, joys, and tragedies through a unique secret language. |
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