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The Ventriloquist's Daughter - Couverture souple

Lin, Man-Chiu

 
9781911221050: The Ventriloquist's Daughter
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1911221051 ISBN 13 : 9781911221050
Editeur : Balestier Press, 2017

Synopsis

After the tragic death of Liur’s mother, her father, a thwarted artist working as a doctor in the family hospital, is overcome with grief. He goes to study in America, leaving six-year-old Liur in the care of her grandparents, promising to return with a special doll for her.But instead of studying, her father travels to the Andes, where he meets a mysterious ventriloquist who takes him as a pupil.Five years later, he returns home, bringing with him one of the ventriloquist’s dolls. But it is not a present for Liur; instead, it becomes a menacing presence in the house, causing strife within the family. After observing her father performing strange rituals with the doll, Liur must find a way to defeat her demons – real or imagined.

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À propos de l'auteur

Lin Man-Chiu is a well-known children’s author in Taiwan who has published a number of successful YA novels as well as non-fiction titles. In Taiwan, she received the Golden Tripod Award for children’s fiction in 2003 and the “Good Books Everyone Can Read” Award for the best children’s book of 2010. The Ventriloquist’s Daughter was longlisted for the 2014 Found in Translation Award and subsequently selected for the Found in Translation Anthology. Helen Wang is Curator of East Asian Money at the British Museum, and a literary translator working from Chinese to English. Her translations for children include Bronze and Sunflower by Cao Wenxuan, Jackal and Wolf by Shen Shixi, Pai Hua Zi and the Clever Girl by Zhang Xinxin, and Tan Hou and the Double Sixth Festival by Cai Gao. She has also translated short stories by a wide range of Chinese authors.

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Éditeur
Balestier Press
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1911221051
ISBN 13 
9781911221050
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
190
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