C. Y. Lee, Author George Weidenfeld & Nicholson $0 (534p) ISBN 978-1-55584-056-3
Spanning the years from 1880 to 1976, Lee's (Flower Drum Song) epic novel beautifully integrates highly credible characterizations with turbulent Chi nese political history. Fong Tai at tends school in Boston, then returns home to assume a...
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C. Y. Lee, Author William Morrow & Company $20 (309p) ISBN 978-0-688-09764-6
Though his prose is never more than serviceable, the author of Flower Drum Song has written a provocative novel which he opens with a flourish: in 1980, Charles Hong returns to China after 32 years to meet his son, Jimmy, for the first time. An...
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C. Y. Lee, Author, Lisa Drew, Editor William Morrow & Company $19.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-688-05140-2
The fictional retelling of the rise and fall of Hung Shiu-ch'uan, who led the Taiping rebellion in 19th-century China and ruled briefly in Nanking as self-proclaimed emperor, is surprisingly dull. Because China's history is largely unfamiliar to...
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