The Ghost Bride
A Novel
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- 47,99 zł
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- 47,99 zł
Publisher Description
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Tiger, a Reese’s Book Club pick, Yangsze Choo’s stunning debut, The Ghost Bride, is a startlingly original historical fantasy novel infused with Chinese folklore, romantic intrigue, and unexpected supernatural twists.
Li Lan, the daughter of a respectable Chinese family in colonial Malaysia, hopes for a favorable marriage, but her father has lost his fortune, and she has few suitors. Instead, the wealthy Lim family urges her to become a "ghost bride" for their son, who has recently died under mysterious circumstances. Rarely practiced, a traditional ghost marriage is used to placate a restless spirit. Such a union would guarantee Li Lan a home for the rest of her days, but at what price?
Night after night, Li Lan is drawn into the shadowy parallel world of the Chinese afterlife, where she must solve a dangerous supernatural mystery to uncover the Lim family’s darkest secrets—and the truth about her own family.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
This luscious, dreamlike historical fantasy feels like a journey. Seventeen-year-old Li Lan, the daughter of a once-respectable Chinese family in 1890s Malaya, gets an unnerving offer relayed through her opium-addicted father: The wealthy Lim family would like to arrange a marriage between Li Lan and their son Tian Ching. Problem one: He’s dead. Problem two: He’s not just a ghost—he’s a boorish, possessive ghost whose threatening actions pull Li Lan into a strange parallel dreamworld she must escape. Mystery and romance permeate Yangsze Choo’s ghost story, but what we love the most is how lushly atmospheric it is even before Li Lan enters the other realm. Honestly, the food scenes alone are incredible. This is a book that’s perfect for quiet evenings in.
