Blogs in January 2020

The Keys of the Kingdom 28th January 2020

Francis Chisholm is a compassionate and humble priest whose individuality and directness make him unpopular with other clergy. Considered a failure by his superiors, he is sent to China to maintain a mission amid desperate poverty, civil war, plague,...

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The Ming Storytellers 28th January 2020

It is the 15th Century. At the dawn of the Ming Dynasty, three women’s paths will cross. And of their journey, a tale will be born. An imperial concubine, a Persian traveler and a mysterious storyteller. Three women: One...

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The Crab-Flower Club 28th January 2020

“The Story of the Stone” (c. 1760), also known as “The Dream of the Red Chamber”, is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The fifth part of Cao Xueqin’s magnificent saga, “The Dreamer Awakes”, was carefully edited...

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To Live 28th January 2020

An award-winning, internationally acclaimed Chinese bestseller, originally banned in China but recently named one of the last decade s ten most influential books there, To Live tells the epic story of one man s transformation from the spoiled son...

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Last Kiss In Tiananmen Square 28th January 2020

“Last Kiss in Tiananmen Square” is a novel based on the 1989 Tiananmen Square Pro-democracy movement. The novel follows a young woman, Baiyun, a junior in college, trying to reconcile her upbringing while in the midst of the rising...

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