"EQUAL PARTS IMAGINATIVE, HEARTBREAKING, VIVID AND INTIMATE, LIN TAN IS A MASTERPIECE "
"KOPPISCH WEAVES A PLOT THAT IS BOTH BEAUTIFUL AND DEADLY." Qijiang, Sichuan Province, China 1893.
Having been raped by the wealthy man her father arranged to have her marry, a na ve sixteen-year-old Chinese girl sets out across the world following the man she believes truly loves her, but is he simply an illusion? Along the way, she...