From the opening pages you know that this is going to be a magical book. Beautifully written and intricately blending the story of a marriage with Chinese history and folklore makes this a debut not to be missed. Meekings is a published poet and this comes through in his lyrical prose. This is a really lovely book and fascinating for those with an interest in the East.
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Under Fishbone Clouds is a love story, a family saga and a compendium of Chinese history, folklore, myth and culture.
The Kitchen God, a Chinese deity, has been challenged by the Jade Emperor to fathom the workings of the human heart. In the course of his quest, he follows the life of Jinyi and his wife Yuying, from their youth until their old age. This tale is interwoven with Chinese traditional folktales and stories from ancient Chinese history, while the omnipresent backdrop to Yuying and Jinyi’s lives is the sequence of dramatic events of recent Chinese political history, which determines the course of their lives.
Under Fishbone Clouds features in the following genres: Historical Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Debut Books of the Month, Family Drama, Book Club Recommendations, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, General Fiction, Recommendations
Under Fishbone Clouds is available in Ebook, Paperback
Under Fishbone Clouds was written by Sam Meekings and published by Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited an imprint of Birlinn General
Under Fishbone Clouds has 416 pages
£8.99
