Jose, N (2000) The red thread: a love story. Chronicle, San Fransisco. ISBN 9780811829519
Abstract
A seductive literary love story set in contemporary Shanghai, "The Red Thread" intertwines the lives of two pairs of lovers across the centuries. Shen, a young, American-educated appraiser in a Shanghai auction house, is captivated by Ruth, a self-possessed Australian artist who happens into one of his auctions. As they fall in love, Shen finds that their lives are strangely mirrored by those of the characters in a rare Chinese manuscript that is nearly two hundred years old, and of which the last two chapters have never been found. Shen's search for the final chapters goes from one of curiosity to one of desperation when he realizes that the future of their relationship, and the prognosis for Ruth's failing health, seem to be foretold in the missing pages. Interwoven in the novel and presented in red type are passages from the actual nineteenth century memoir "Six Chapters of a Floating Life" that illuminate the lovers' parallel lives.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Note: | Also published by Hardie Grant, Melbourne; Faber UK; and in Greek, Portuguese and Chinese |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) |
| Divisions: | School of Writing, Publishing and the Humanities |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Aug 2014 21:18 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Jan 2022 15:49 |
| URI / Page ID: | https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/3248 |
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