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The incarnations
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- Book Synopsis
- THE GLOBAL CULT CLASSIC An epic story of ghosts, obsession and betrayal spanning five lives and one thousand years of history. A New York Times Editors' Choice and Notable Book of the Year; a Kirkus prize nominee 'Stunning. Flow along with this wonderful book.' Guardian 'Wildly ambitious... mesmerizing storytelling.' New York Times ________ You must be wondering who I am. I am your soulmate... I have come to this city of sixteen million in search of you One ordinary morning in Beijing, taxi driver Wang Jun discovers a letter hidden inside the sun visor of his cab. The anonymous writer claims they have known him for over a thousand years. More letters follow. Each reveals another forgotten life they once shared. A spirit-bride fleeing human sacrifice. Two starving boys crossing the Gobi Desert as Genghis Khan sweeps across China.Palace concubines caught in a murderous conspiracy inside the Forbidden City.A fisherman pulled into the violence of the Opium Wars.Two schoolfriends divided by the Cultural Revolution. As each new letter draws Drive Wang deeper into his past lives, he becomes convinced that the writer is stalking him, coming closer than he could ever have imagined. History is coming for you A kaleidoscopic novel of ghosts, reincarnation, history and impossible love, perfect for readers of R K Kuang, Marlon James, Emily St John Mandel and Cixin Ciu __________- PRAISE FOR SUSAN BARKER: '[A] kaleidoscopically imaginative novel...Barker stitches together an unnervingly perceptive portrait of China and of the enduring influence that its past has on the present' THE NEW YORKER 'A thrilling journey through a thousand years of obsession and betrayal, this is the most extraordinary work of imagination you'll read all year' ADAM JOHNSON, Winner of the PULITZER Prize for Fiction 'Erudite, intriguing and compulsively readable, Susan Barker, a born story-teller, has written one of the most remarkable novels of recent years' JOHN BOYNE, author of THE HEART'S INVISIBLE FURIES 'A hallucinatory ride. Highly recommend' ANNA HOPE, author of EXPECTATION and ALBION
- About The Author
- Susan Barker is the acclaimed author of SAYONARA BAR, THE ORIENTALIST AND THE GHOST, THE INCARNATIONS and OLD SOUL. Her novels have been translated into more than twenty languages and have been shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Kirkus Prize for Fiction. THE INCARNATIONS was a New York Times Editors' Choice and Notable Book of the Year, a Kirkus Reviews Top Ten Book of the Year, and winner of the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize. Born in London to an English father and a Chinese-Malaysian mother, Barker lived in Beijing for several years while researching and writing THE INCARNATIONS. She now lives in Manchester, where she is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781784160005
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Black Swan, (23 April 2015)
- Number of Pages
- 476
- Weight
- 325 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 126 x 28 mm
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