Red Thread - Couverture souple

Jose, Nicholas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0571203353 ISBN 13 : 9780571203352

Editeur : Faber & Faber, 2000

Synopsis

Set in contemporary Shanghai, this work tells the story of Shen, a Chinese art dealer and Ruth, a young Australian artist. Their obsessive love is mirrored in an antique manuscript, and when Ruth falls prey to a terminal illness, Shen embarks on a quest for the missing chapters.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A seductive literary love story set in contemporary Shanghai, The Red Thread intertwines the lives of two pairs of lovers across the centuries. Shen, a young, American-educated appraiser in a Shanghai auction house, is captivated by Ruth, a self-possessed Australian artist who happens into one of his auctions. As they fall in love, Shen finds that their lives are strangely mirrored by those of the characters in a rare Chinese manuscript that is nearly two hundred years old, and of which the last two chapters have never been found. Shen's search for the final chapters goes from one of curiosity to one of desperation when he realizes that the future of their relationship, and the prognosis for Ruth's failing health, seem to be foretold in the missing pages. Interwoven in the novel and presented in red type are passages from the actual nineteenth century memoir Six Chapters of a Floating Life that illuminate the lovers' parallel lives. An elegant and multilayered novel, drawing comparisons with Memoirs of a Geisha and The English Patient, The Red Thread is evocative, moving, and unforgettable.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Published to glowing reviews on three continents-the London Sunday Times calls it 'exquisite,' the Australian Bookseller & Publisher 'completely enchanting,' and Elle in the U.S. 'elegant and haunting'-The Red Thread is now available in paperback. Set in contemporary Shanghai, this elegant and seductive love story revolves around Shen, an art appraiser, and Ruth, a young Australian woman, who find their lives strangely mirrored in Six Chapters of a Floating Life, an actual centuries-old Chinese manuscript that is missing the final chapters. A moving and richly layered novel, The Red Thread interweaves love and destiny, art and beauty, and the passion that ties one person to another forever.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Faber & Faber
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0571203353
• ISBN 13: 9780571203352
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 216
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible