Red Poppies: A Novel of Tibet - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 0618340696 ISBN 13 : 9780618340699

Editeur : Mariner Books, 2003

Synopsis

A lively and cinematic twentieth-century epic, Red Poppies focuses on the extravagant and brutal reign of a clan of Tibetan warlords during the rise of Chinese Communism. The story is wryly narrated by the chieftain's son, a self-professed "idiot" who reveals the bloody feuds, seductions, secrets, and scheming behind his family's struggles for power. When the chieftain agrees to grow opium poppies with seeds supplied by the Chinese Nationalists in exchange for modern weapons, he draws Tibet into the opium trade -- and unwittingly plants the seeds for a downfall. A "swashbuckling novel" (New York Times Book Review), Red Poppies is at once a political parable and a moving elegy to the lost kingdom of Tibet in all its cruelty, beauty, and romance.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A lively and cinematic twentieth-century epic, Red Poppies focuses on the extravagant and brutal reign of a clan of Tibetan warlords during the rise of Chinese Communism. The story is wryly narrated by the chieftain's son, a self-professed "idiot" who reveals the bloody feuds, seductions, secrets, and scheming behind his family's struggles for power. When the chieftain agrees to grow opium poppies with seeds supplied by the Chinese Nationalists in exchange for modern weapons, he draws Tibet into the opium trade -- and unwittingly plants the seeds for a downfall. A "swashbuckling novel" (New York Times Book Review), Red Poppies is at once a political parable and a moving elegy to the lost kingdom of Tibet in all its cruelty, beauty, and romance.

Revue de presse

"A compelling portrait of an unfamiliar place on the cusp of modernity; a promising new writer." Kirkus Reviews

"Immensely enjoyable . . . One of the best of the wave of contemporary Chinese novels translated in recent years." Publishers Weekly

"Shrewdly satiric and wonderfully entertaining." Booklist, ALA

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0618340696
• ISBN 13: 9780618340699
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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