Lisbon, 1898: philandering surgeon Antonio Maria discovers his father is dying of syphilis, scourge of both rich and poor. Desperate to find a cure, he sets sail for Peking. But Antonio encounters the alluring Fumi, and finds a woman he cannot leave behind. As he wrestles with his disbelief in irrational Chinese views about illness, and helplessly falls into an erotic obsession with Fumi, violence breaks out across China. Antonio must decide whether to flee or stay in China and discover for himself if the cure he has been chasing is merely a myth.
Basu keeps us intrigued by his hero and by the exotic world that creates and destroys him --The Sunday Times
Febrile, fast-moving, violent and occasionally gruesome, The Yellow Emperor's Cure is as morbidly fascinating as the disease on which it is predicated --TLS
'A wonderful and compellingly visual novel, whose world is as completely realised as anything by Robert Graves, Amitav Ghosh or Barry Unsworth' --William Dalrymple
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Paperback. Etat : Good. 320 pages. Cover slightly worn In a breakout novel that transports the reader to a brilliantly imagined, sen suously portrayed, dangerous point in history, Kunal Basu has written the tale o f a man's journey that spans continents--and the limits of his faith in science. Lisbon, 1898: Antonio Maria, surgeon and notorious playboy, returns home after a long absence to learn his beloved father has syphilis, the scourge of both ric h and poor. Determined to find a cure, Antonio sets sail for Peking, to study un der the evasive but renowned Dr. Xu. But Dr. Xu does not intend to give away his knowledge, and Antonio suddenly falls in love with his assistant, the elusive F umi. The threat of the advancing Boxer rebellion hangs over the Summer Palace, a nd Antonio and Fumi must decide whether to flee together or remain in China. Kun al Basu's lush, haunting tale invites comparisons to Michael Ondaatje's best wor k. This superb novel conjures a man discovering the love that will force him to question everything. N° de réf. du vendeur 6944z
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