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Ye Guangqin

    Ye Guangqin tisse des récits qui relient la grandeur historique de l'aristocratie mandchoue aux expériences vécues des gens ordinaires. Sa fiction, souvent située sur fond de Pékin, plonge dans la tapisserie complexe de l'histoire et de la culture. À travers des histoires captivantes, elle explore des thèmes profonds d'identité et de transformation sociale. Son écriture est reconnue pour sa prose délicate mais pénétrante.

    Sun Palace
    • Sun Palace

      • 88pages
      • 4 heures de lecture

      Guangqin is a lonely girl, ignored by her ageing father and older half-siblings as she entertains herself in the dilapidated courtyard of her once-illustrious, storied family home in 1950s Beijing. The highlight of her year is a summer visit to the remote village home of her mother’s childhood friend, where she enjoys balmy days and sleepless nights in the company of a yellow dog and a boy named Sunny.In her autobiographical novel, Ye Guangqin creates a poignant vista of chirping weasels, rural feasts and crumbling shrines as she invites readers to join her on a journey of discovery to the Sun Palace.

      Sun Palace