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kobvindex_ZLB34475828
Edition:
Unabridged
ISBN:
9780593166956
Content:
" LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 BOOKER PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE NATIONAL BESTSELLER A GOOP Book Club Pick A fully immersive epic drama packed with narrative riches and exquisitely crafted prose. San Francisco Chronicle Belongs on a shelf all of its own. NPR Outstanding. The Washington Post Arresting, beautiful. The New York TimesRevolutionary . A visionary addition to American literature. Star Tribune An electric debut novel set against the twilight of the American gold rush, two siblings are on the run in an unforgiving landscape trying not just to survive but to find a home. Ba dies in the night,Ma is already gone. Newly orphaned children of immigrants, Lucy and Sam are suddenly alone in a land that refutes their existence. Fleeing the threats of their western mining town, they set off to bury their father in the only way that will set them free from their past. Along the way, they encounter giant buffalo bones, tiger paw prints, and the specters of a ravaged landscape as well as family secrets, sibling rivalry, and glimpses of a different kind of future. Both epic and intimate, blending Chinese symbolism and reimagined history with fiercely original language and storytelling, How Much of These Hills Is Gold is a haunting adventure story, an unforgettable sibling story, and the announcement of a stunning new voice in literature. On a broad level, it explores race in an expanding country and the question of where immigrants are allowed to belong. But page by page, it's about the memories that bind and divide families, and the yearning for home. "
Content:
Biographisches: "Born in Beijing but mostly an artifact of the United States, C Pam Zhang has lived in thirteen cities across four countries and is still looking for home. She's been awarded support from Tin House, Bread Loaf, Aspen Words and elsewhere, and currently lives in San Francisco." Rezension(2): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: Starred review from November 11, 2019 Zhang’s extraordinary debut, a beautifully rendered family saga, centers on a pair of siblings, Lucy, 12, and Sam, 11, who are left orphaned in the wake of the American gold rush. When their father—a former prospector and coal miner whom they call Ba—dies after a short, hard life of toil and drink, Lucy and Sam want to bury him properly, according to Chinese burial traditions. This means two silver dollars to cover his eyes, but it’s two silver dollars the two don’t have. Clever Lucy attempts to appeal to the townspeople’s sympathy, but it’s hotheaded Sam, armed with their father’s pistol, who understands that it takes force to make things happen. With their father’s decomposing body, the pistol, and a stolen horse, Lucy and Sam disappear into the hills. As they search for a burial site and look forward to a future for themselves, Lucy and Sam reckon with how gold, ambition, and desire shaped the lives of both their Ba and their beautiful, beloved, and long-departed Ma, whose womanhood never dampened her hunger and ambition, and how that greed has been passed down to them. Gorgeously written and fearlessly imagined, Zhang’s awe-inspiring novel introduces two indelible characters whose odyssey is as good as the gold they seek." Rezension(3): "〈a href=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com target=_blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/audiofile_logo.jpg alt=AudioFile Magazine border=0 /〉〈/a〉:Narrator Catherine Ho portrays three orphaned sisters, one of whom pretends to be a boy, as they come of age. The story is set in the American West during the Gold Rush. Ho provides a lyrical narration, and Joel de la Fuente takes on a single character role. Ho never allows the author's short, brusque sentence structure to trip her up, instead turning that style into a rhythm that rocks and soothes the listener. When characters do speak, Ho dazzles. She slips between the male and female voice of the youngest sister with ease. She also remains true to the speaking patterns of the characters as they age by altering her timbre. The poetic aspects of this audiobook will keep listeners engaged. A.R.F. � AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine"
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English
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