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“I finally understand what the poets have written. In spring, moved to passion; in autumn, only regret.” For young Peony, betrothed to a suitor she has never met, these lyrics from The Peony Pavilion mirror her own longings. In the garden of the Chen Family Villa, a small theatrical troupe...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this stunning historical novel, the celebrated author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan presents “a heartwarming love story of heroic love between a mother and daughter” (Bookreporter) during revolutionary-era China. “Astonishing . . . one of those...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Chinese family becomes enmeshed in a dramatic story, uncovers past secrets and tragedies, and learns that love can transcend death in this “engrossing [and] thought-provoking meditation on what it means to be human” (People, Critic’s Choice) from the...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD A “haunting, magical, and absolutely impossible to forget” (The Boston Globe) novel about the unique friendship between two women in nineteenth-century China, from the acclaimed author of Shanghai Girls “A marvel of imagination...

In Flower Net, Lisa See gives us a China not often seen: An extraordinary nation that is at once admirable and frightening. Here the veil is ripped away from modern China--its venerable culture, its teeming economy, its institutionalized cruelty--and the inextricable link between China's...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A fascinating portrait of life as a Chinese American woman in the 1930s and ’40s.”—The New York Times Book Review “Superb . . . This emotional, informative, and brilliant page-turner resonates with resilience and humanity.”—The Washington Post (Best...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A murder investigation at a toy factory forces a detective to confront her own morality in this “immediate, haunting, and exquisitely rendered” (San Francisco Chronicle) novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. “See...

Dette er historien om to kinesiske søstres skæbne og drømmen om Amerika. Den 21-årige Pearl og hendes yngre søster May lever et ubekymret liv i 1930’ernes Shanghai - Asiens Paris. De har tilegnet sig en vestlig moderne livsstil, hvor det er slut med indsnørede fødder. Men selv om pigerne lever et frit liv, er Kina stadig et patriarkalsk samfund. tDa faren mister sin rickshaw forretning pga. spillegæld, er det slut med det sorgløse liv.

Kun Yhdysvaltain suurlähettilään ja kiinalaisen huippupoliitikon pojat löytyvät kuolleina, epäillään molemmissa maissa, että kuolemien taustalla on jotain hämärää. David Stark Yhdysvaltojen oikeusministeriöstä lyö hynttyyt yhteen kiinalaisen etsivän Liu Huanin kanssa mysteerin selvittämiseksi. Tapaus ei ole pelkästään diplomaattisesti arkaluontoinen vaan myös täynnä mutkia. Johtolangat vetävät kaksikkoa Los Angelesin kiinalaiskortteleiden ja Pekingin vilkkaiden katujen läpi. He kohtaavat suuren maan pimeimpiä kolkkia ja ihmisyyden rumimpia puolia.