Four Treasures of the Sky

Zhang, Jenny Tinghui

ISBN 10: 0241533023 / ISBN 13: 9780241533024

Published by Michael Joseph/Goldsboro Books, London, 2022

About this Item

410pp. 8vo. Paper over boards, stamped spine. Book is a stated first UK edition and the number on copyright page is 001. Author has signed her name on the title page, which is also a limitation page, this being #186 of 1500 copies. Text edges are sprayed and the fore-edge has a calligraphic design. Book is unead, unmarked, unclipped, tight, bright, and jacket has a removable protector. Slight bump to lower rear boards and also to the dust jacket in the same position. Gift quality. Author's debut fiction about a Chinese girl in the 1880s American West fighting for her place there. Based on real-life events. Seller Inventory # 0003584

Bibliographic Details

Title: Four Treasures of the Sky

Publisher: Michael Joseph/Goldsboro Books, London

Publication Date: 2022

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First UK edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

A propulsive and dazzling debut novel set against the backdrop of the Chinese Exclusion Act, and one Chinese girl fighting to claim her place

'An engulfing, bighearted and heartbreaking novel' ANN PATCHETT, author of Women's Prize longlisted The Dutch House

'A sweeping adventure of identity, love and belonging' C PAM ZHANG, Man Booker longlisted author of How Much of These Hills are Gold

'An impressive and original debut' THE SUNDAY TIMES
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Daiyu never wanted to be like the tragic heroine for whom she was named, revered for her beauty and cursed with heartbreak. But when she is kidnapped and smuggled across an ocean from China to America, Daiyu must relinquish the home and future she imagined for herself.

Over the years that follow, she is forced to keep reinventing herself to survive. From a calligraphy school, to a San Francisco brothel, to a shop tucked into the Idaho mountains, we follow Daiyu on a desperate quest to outrun the tragedy that chases her.

As anti-Chinese sentiment sweeps across the country in a wave of unimaginable violence, Daiyu must draw on each of the selves she has been - including the ones she most wants to leave behind - in order to finally claim her own name and story.

At once a literary tour de force and a groundbreaking work of historical fiction, Four Treasures of the Sky announces Jenny Tinghui Zhang as an indelible new voice. Steeped in untold history and Chinese folklore, this novel is a spellbinding feat.
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LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD

'Brilliant and devastating . . . Weaving together myth and history, Zhang's work is both timeless and utterly necessary right now' ANNA NORTH, New York Times bestselling author of Outlawed

About the Author:

Jenny Tinghui Zhang is a Chinese-American writer. She was born in Changchun, China and grew up in Austin, Texas, where she currently lives. Four Treasures of the Sky is her debut.