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Two Lives: Tales of Life, Love and Crime. Stories from China.

Two Lives: Tales of Life, Love and Crime. Stories from China.

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A Yi's crime fiction stories offer a unique Chinese perspective on modern life, with glimpses of romance distorted by human weakness. The English translation by Alex Woodend is masterful. The first in the new Flame Tree Press series, Stories from China.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 26 March 2020
Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing


A Yi's unexpected twists of crime burst from the everyday, with glimpses of romance distorted by the weaknesses of human motive. A Yi employs his forensic skills to offer a series of portraits of modern life, both uniquely Chinese and universal in their themes. His years as a police officer serve him well as he teases the truth from simple observation, now brought into the English language in a masterful translation by Alex Woodend. The stories include "Two Lives," "Attic," "Spring," "Bach," "Predator." The first in the new Flame Tree Press series, "Stories from China."

FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing, launching in 2018. The list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.

A Yi's unexpected twists of crime burst from the everyday, with glimpses of romance distorted by the weaknesses of human motive. A Yi employs his forensic skills to offer a series of portraits of modern life, both uniquely Chinese and universal in their themes. His years as a police officer serve him well as he teases the truth from simple observation, now brought into the English language in a masterful translation by Alex Woodend. The stories include "Two Lives," "Attic," "Spring," "Bach," "Predator." The first in the new Flame Tree Press series, "Stories from China."

Weight: 216g
Dimension: 203 x 126 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781787582774
Edition number: New ed

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