Summary
Passing Under Heaven: A Love Story of Tang Dynasty China
In the twilight years of the Tang Dynasty, a captivating beauty emerges within the walls of a Great Wall fortress, destined to become the era’s most renowned courtesan.
Set against the backdrop of 9th-century China, Passing Under Heaven unfolds the poignant love story of Lily, a gifted poet. The novel paints a vivid portrait of a time when Chinese women experienced a rare period of personal liberty, embracing …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349117409 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349117403 |
| Author: | Justin Hill |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 7 August 2005 |
| Weight: | 304g |
| Dimensions: | 126mm x 198mm x 28mm |
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Based on the extraordinary life of China’s greatest woman poet, this haunting novel vividly brings to life a thousand-year-old story of love and loss.
Passionately imagined - INDEPENDENT
Superbly evoked are the luxury and refinement that co-exist with cold cruelty and a fatalism that to us is puzzling. Minister Lee and Yu Xuanju cannot live with or without each other, and their long-running and tortured love affair is a beautifully handl - DAILY MAILA great and passionate storyteller - INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAYRich in atmosphere, lavishly described…captivating… Hill is not afraid to humanise Lily, to show her engaged in great acts of cruelty, but he does so without losing the reader’s sympathy. That her life will end tragically is never in doubt, but the exact - EVENING HERALDAbout The Author
Justin Hill
Justin Hill lived and taught in China for four years. He turned his experiences there into The Drink and Dream Tea House and A Bend in the Yellow River. He has just won the Somerset Maugham Prize.
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