A Hundred Flowers
A Novel
by Gail Tsukiyama
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Pub Date Aug 07 2012 | Archive Date Sep 01 2012
Description
A powerful new novel about an ordinary family facing extraordinary times at the start of the Chinese Cultural Revolution
China, 1957. Chairman Mao has declared a new openness in society: "Let a hundred flowers bloom; let a hundred schools of thought contend." Many intellectuals fear it is only a trick, and Kai Y ing's husband, Sheng, a teacher, has promised not to jeopardize their safety or that of their young son, T ao. But one July morning, just before his sixth birthday, Tao watches helplessly as Sheng is dragged away for writing a letter criticizing the Communist Party and sent to a labor camp for "reeducation."
A year later, still missing his father desperately, Tao climbs to the top of the hundred-year-old kapok tree in front of their home, wanting to see the mountain peaks in the distance. But Tao slips and tumbles thirty feet to the courtyard below, badly breaking his leg. As Kai Ying struggles to hold her small family together in the face of this shattering reminder of her husband's absence, other members of the household must face their own guilty secrets and strive to find peace in a world where the old sense of order is falling. Once again, Tsukiyama brings us a powerfully moving story of ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances with grace and courage.Advance Praise
Gail Tsukiyama is the bestselling author of six previous novels, including The Street of a Thousand Blossoms, Women of the Silk and The Samurai's Garden, as well as the recipient of the Academy of American Poets Award and the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award. She lives in El Cerrito, California.
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Critical Acclaim for the Elegant Novels of Gail Tsukiyama:“Gail Tsukiyama is a writer of astonishing grace, delicacy, and feeling. Her lyric precision serves not only to leave the reader breathless, but to illuminate human suffering and redemption with clarity and power.” —Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
“Tsukiyama has the soul of a storyteller.” —The Denver Post on The Street of a Thousand Blossoms
“Tsukiyama’s writing is crystalline and delicate, notably in her evocation of time and place.” —Publishers Weekly on The Street of a Thousand Blossoms
“Enlivened with an engrossing richness of detail . . . succinct and delicate.” —The New York Times Book Review on Women of th e Silk
“Tsukiyama [writes with] wit, grace, and keen insight.” —The Washington Post Book World on The Street of a Thousand Blossoms
“The reader . . . laughs and aches under the spell of such graceful writing.” —USA Today on The Street of a Thousand Blossoms
“Tsukiyama is a mesmerizing storyteller . . . [her] historically detailed and plot-driven story of resilience, discipline, loyalty and right action is popular fiction at its most intelligent, appealing and rewarding.” —Booklist on The Street of a Thousand Blossoms
“Tsukiyama’s . . . writing is simultaneously lush and agonizing.” —Sarasota Herald-Tribune on The Street of a Thousand Blossoms
“Tsukiyama’s writing is clear and spare, and the thoughts and actions of her characters are accessible, believable. She unmasks their intentions for us, making it all the more tragic when they misread one another.” —Seattle Times on The Street of a Thousand Blossoms
“A grand masterpiece of epic proportions.” —Bookreporter.com on The Street of a Thousand Blossoms
“Tsukiyama writes with great sensory detail, allowing her reader to touch, taste, and feel the world she creates.” —Library Journal on Night of Many Dreams
“Tsukiyama tells a powerful story of family, of loss, and of endurance with her usual insight, her perfect imagery, and her unforgettable characters. An epic achievement and I loved every word.” —Karen Joy Fowler, author of The New York Times bestseller of The Jane Austen Book Club on The Street of a Thousand Blossoms
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780312274818 |
| PRICE | $24.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 304 |
