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Gull Between Heaven and Earth - A Novel of Tang China

โœ Scribed by Boey Kim Cheng

Book ID
100444196
Year
2019
Tongue
English
Weight
507 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9789814785259

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โœฆ Synopsis

For Emperor and Country, or Love and Family?Zimei (ๅญ็พŽ) is faced with a bleak future. Despite his great potential and hailing from an illustrious lineage, he serves his Emperor as a lowly Tang Dynasty official, having failed the Imperial Examinations twice.He sets out on a lifelong journey, seeking out first hermits and sages, then peace and home while documenting in verse the sufferings unleashed by civil war, sealing a friendship with the infamous Li Bai that will leave a remarkable legacy to Chinese literature.Zimei's story is the life of Du Fu (ๆœ็”ซ, 712-770), China's first poet-historian and the nation's greatest poet, reimagined in this epic debut novel by multi-award-winning author Boey Kim Cheng.

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