Four Treasures of the Sky

An engulfing, bighearted and heartbreaking novel. Illuminates shocking injustices, making us stop and consider how many survive to this day – Ann Patchett, author of Women’s Prize longlisted The Dutch House
An impressive and original debut * THE SUNDAY TIMES *
A sweeping adventure of identity, love and belonging – C Pam Zhang, Man Booker longlisted author of How Much of These Hills are Gold
Brilliant and devastating. Four Treasures of the Sky tells the story of Daiyu, who is brought to America against her will and forced to hide who she is even as she grows into her true self. Weaving together myth and history, Zhang’s work is both timeless and utterly necessary right now. – Anna North, author of the New York Times bestseller Outlawed
An instant and necessary classic, easily among the best novels of this past decade. The story lingers long after its final pages – T Kira Madden, author of Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls
An astonishing novel propelled by private and public histories, rich with reflections on self-making, moral calling, great love, and profound injustice – Megha Majumdar, author of A Burning
This unforgettable novel dazzles. An exhilarating rush of character, history and storytelling – Kali Fajardo-Anstine, US National Book Award finalist author of Sabrina & Corina
Brings alive a heroine for the ages, an indomitable teenage girl whose relentless spirit and self-reinvention carries this story. Daiyu is sure to take her place in the canon of great Western heroines next to True Grit’s Mattie Ross – Juliet Grames, author of The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna
This book is haunting, luscious and precise - it’s historical fiction as we most want and need it to be. Four Treasures of the Sky paints a neglected chapter in history with sharp and devastating brushstrokes – Julia Fine, author of The Upstairs House
A lyrical and sweeping Bildungsroman, fierce and moving * Publishers Weekly, starred review *

Jenny Tinghui Zhang is the author of the novels Superfan and Four Treasures of the Sky, named an Idaho Book of the Year and short- and longlisted for the Chautauqua Prize, the Dublin Literary Award, the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. Her work has appeared in the Cut, Foreign Policy, Texas Highways, and elsewhere. She is a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree and has received support from Yaddo, Kundiman, VONA, Tin House, and the University of Wyoming, where she completed her MFA.

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