The Red Thread A Love Story

Jose, Nicholas

ISBN 10: 0811829510 / ISBN 13: 9780811829519

Published by Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 2000

About this Item

Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. DJ spine very slightly sunned. Ribbon marker. A beautifully produced book designed by Laua Lovett with calligraphy by Jianwei Fong. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 254 pages. A seductive love story based in modern Shanghai, taking the Chinese love story ' Six Chapters of a Floating Life' and weaving it into world of modern Shanghai.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Red Thread A Love Story
• Publisher: Chronicle Books, San Francisco
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0811829510
• ISBN 13: 9780811829519
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: 1st US Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature

About this title

Synopsis

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. An elegant and multilayered novel, drawing comparisons with Memoirs of a Geisha and The English Patient, The Red Thread is evocative, moving, and unforgettable.

About the Author

Nicholas Jose is the author of The Custodians, The Rose Crossing, The Avenue of Eternal Peace, and two other novels, and is the translator of several works of Chinese literature. Born in London, he lived for many years in China and now resides in Sydney, Australia.