- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Faber and Faber; New edition edition (16 Sep 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0571207669
- ISBN-13: 978-0571207664
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.6 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 661,274 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'The lush, decadent darkness which pervades Geling Yan's novel about a Chinese prostitute in turn-of-the-century San Francisco makes this an intensely cinematic book.' Big Issue; 'Her great storytelling lets you enjoy silk and embroidery, tea and angling, earrings, everlasting love and derringdo; it lets you, with the luscious vicarious masochism of a true fiction lover, relish the horrors of giving your body to hideous strangers or, as a coolie railroad worker, being beaten to a pulp by striking Caucasian workers.' Observer; 'A challenging work of literature... Skilfully subverts the basic tenet of Orientalism - that the Orient can be read, known, possessed.' Times Literary Supplement
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From one of China's most acclaimed writers, this is an unflinching, erotic and exciting tale of forbidden love in the gold rush era of turn-of-the-century San Francisco. Geling Yan traces the lives of two individuals separated by prejudice and mistrust, but bound forever by their passion for one another. Fusang is a Chinese girl shanghaied from her village in China, brought to California and sold into the seedy underworld of prostitution. Soon she falls into an obsessive relationship with Chris, an 11-year-old boy.
As years pass, numerous barriers are placed between the lovers - by Chris's wealthy family, and most menacingly by Fusang's murderous pimp, who bestrides Chinatown with a clutch of daggers at his waist.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A great story that can't be put down. At times very brutal and disturbing, told by a detached impassionate narrator, but you can't fail to get emotionally involved in the story. The non judgemental narration makes you think about the differences and mistunderstanding between the contrasting cultures and leaves it to you to work out what Fusang is thinking. The way the book is written is unusuall and compelling. A gripping story all the way to the last page.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Fusang is kidnapped from her tea-growing village in the mountains of China and shipped to San Francisco. While many of the other young women die on the journey, she survives and is sold into a brothel, becoming one of many women lining the windows of Chinatown. She is sought after because of her beauty and friendly nature and a wealthy, young Californian falls in love with her. However Da Yong, a notorious criminal is obsessed with owning her.
There's enough of the story right there to keep you tuning the pages of this five star story that is filled with wonderful writing. I just loved this book.
Review submitted by Captain Katie Osborne
There's enough of the story right there to keep you tuning the pages of this five star story that is filled with wonderful writing. I just loved this book.
Review submitted by Captain Katie Osborne
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have just finished the book named above and found it to be both amazing yet somewhat disturbing experience. The story of a prostitutes relationship with a nine year old client was belivable, the story delivered humour, pathos and shock. I strongly recommend this book for those of us who usually read 'trashy' romances, the reality of the chacters really gets you thinking and is a catalyst for debates.
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Curiously erotic
A wonderful tale of early Gold Rush San Francisco and Chinese immigration there. Curiously erotic tale of an enslaved Chinese girl kidnapped from her homeland & forced into... Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2010 by B. G. Taylor Esq
a readable one chapter book.
I was expecting more of Fusangs point of view with this book but instead it was written in the 3rd person and jumped about from story to story. Read more
Published on 27 July 2001
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