China fiction (faded but not forgotten)
Explore a captivating list of faded but not forgotten Chinese fiction books. Discover hidden literary gems and classic tales from China's rich storytelling tradition.
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Peking
by Anthony Grey
The lives of two families in China--one Chinese, one English--are interwoven in a saga that sweeps from the legendary Long March of 1930 to the revolution of 1976 and captures the struggles, lost faith, and a final reunion of those caught up in a changing
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The Rouge of the North
by Ailing Zhang
Relates the events in the life of a Chinese lower-class woman trapped within the confines of an unhappy arranged marriage, resulting in her gradual descent into madness.
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Spring Moon
by Bette Bao Lord
This novel follows the history of a Mandarin Chinese family from 1892 until 1927, with an epilogue that updates the story to 1972. Through the eyes of Spring Moon, a lively and intelligent daughter of the House of Chang, we see the beauty of the inner courtyard society and observe its respect for family, order and harmony, scholarship and poetry.
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Green Dragon, White Tiger
by Annette Motley
Amid the splendor of the 7th-century Tang Court, a child-woman rises from concubine to Empress of China when she marries Shihmin.
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110 Shanghai Road
by Monica Highland
Three westeners from Shanghai live their lives amidst the turmoil in China during the pre-war years in this multigenerational saga.
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Shanghai
by Christopher New
An epic "New York Times" bestseller chronicling the rise of a "Taipan." John Denton lands in famed Shanghai in 1903, a young customs officer newly assigned. A "griffin," green and inexperienced, he struggles to adapt to the roiling city. Tailors live and sleep on the floor of their employers' shops, and onlookers dip money in the blood of freshly beheaded pirates to make the bills lucky. The life teeming in the city's narrow streets and grand boulevards is beyond exotic. Shanghai's fascinations are of another world. Denton, the expatriate, thrives in China and remains, acquiring wealth and power, children, a mistress. Shanghai claims him, body and soul. This epic novel spans the most volatile decades of China's existence and reveals to us its amazingly cosmopolitan heart. "Shanghai" was an international bestseller and is available again for the first time in a decade.
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The Time of the Dragon
by Dorothy Eden
SUZIE CARRINGTON IS THE KEY TO A PUZZLING MYSTERY THAT BEGAN IN CHINA OVER 70 YEARS BEFORE.
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Bridge of a Hundred Dragons
by Emma Drummond
Amid the horror and devastation of the Chinese Civil War, Mark Rawlins is sent to the misty, evil country of Lu-Seng in order to rebuild a bridge in the face of the advancing Chinese army. And while he is determined to survive and return to Hong Kong, Alexandra has decided that she will have him.
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Barbarians
by Robert Carter
Beginning in the scented rooms of the Forbidden City where the Chinese Emper- or's First Concubine has a child, not the Emperor's but that of her secret lover, moving swiftly to the bloody execution of twenty criminals witnessed by ahorrified English doctor newly arrived in the Orient and then exploding out ontothe huge canvas of a civil war that tore apart China, "BARBARIANS" is fast mov- ing and very dramatic.
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The Mahjong Spies
by John Trenhaile
As the handover of Hong Kong to Communist China grows ever closer, the bitter struggle for power in the Far East has already begun. Outside forces are determined to undermine Hong Kong's financial stability - and to ensure that China inherits nothing but a worthless, empty shell. Pitted against them are the elite of Chinese Intelligence, the Mahjong Brigade, who plan to sabotage the plot, using as their instrument Simon Young - an influential Hong Kong tai-pan. A master in the mannered warfare of global finance, Young is a novice in the hostile world of international espionage. If he is to survive at all he must secure his own allies in this deadly game. But even his beautiful Chinese wife, Jinny, has secrets to conceal...
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The Eight Banners
by Alan Savage
The first in a two-book sequence of historical adventures set in the Chinese Empire of the Manchu Dynasty. In 1793, Robert Barrington, a mariner, arrives in Peking, where he founds a trading house. Running parallel to the rise of the Barringtons are momentous events in Chinese history.
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The World of Suzie Wong
by Richard Mason
National Theatre, Louis A. Lotito, managing director, David Merrick, Seven Arts Productions, Inc., & Mansfield Productions present the Joshua Logan production of "The World of Suzie Wong," a new play by Paul Osborn, based on the novel by Richard Mason, with Ron Randell, Jeri Miyazaki, James Olson, directed by Joshua Logan, settings and lighting by Jo Mielziner, costumes designed by Dorothy Jeakins.
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Cichlid Aquarium Care Notes
by Fishcraze Books
This "6 x 9" customized log book provides a daily record of water parameters such as temperature, pH, feeding, water changes, conditioners and overall fish observations, ensuring a healthy environment for your fish.
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River of Lanterns
by Ching Y. Bezine
Undaunted by danger, Peony, the daughter of the people, joins forces with a mighty rebel leader whose ambition drives him to be as cunning and cruel as his enemies, in a novel set against the turbulent backdrop of fourteenth-century China. Original.
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The Wings of the Wind
by Ronald Hardy
Lewis McKenna--medical missionary and spy for the exiled Chiang Kai-shek--and his family travel through postrevolutionary China to reach Taiwan, closely pursued by John Chen, state security agent and world-class chess player
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Empire of Heaven
by Linda Ching Sledge
From the superstition-bound peasant villages to the perfumed decadence of the Forbidden City, Manchu China was a land of extremes: barbarism and elegance, poverty and lavish wealth. Its people lived in near enslavement to the emperor.
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The Jade Pavilion
by Martin Booth
Set in Portuguese colony in China during World War II, this novel follows the rise and fall of Sean Mulrenan, an Anglo-Irish pianist turned gambler and adventurer, and his lover, the half-English ex-concubine Alice Soon
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The Dream Traders
by E. V. Thompson
Depicting the greed, misery, and ruthlessness of the Chinese opium trade, this exciting novel illustrates how this industry has involved Britain in one of the most shameful wars of all time, just as it reached out from Hong Kong to threaten the very throne of China’s all-powerful emperor. Young Cornishman Luke Trewarne is in the Far East to make his fortune, but his plans are threatened by his ideals combined with a growing love for China, its people, and a beautiful Chinese boat-girl. Challenged by the brutal intrigues of those with the most to gain from the squalor and degradation of the opium trade, Trewarne finds an ally in the Tartar hero of China’s “Bannermen” army. Together, they meet with both triumph and disaster.
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China Quest
by Elizabeth Lane
It is 1861 and Hong Kong is the most exotic, remote place on earth for a westerner like Serena Rose Bellamy Bolton. She is as greedy for love as she is for treasure. For Jason Frobisher, Hong Kong is just another place where he can lose himself and forget the woman who will never be his. Steven Bellamy is there to convert the heathen masses only to find that a change of heart has left his soul up for grabs. Daniel Cheng is the one man who stands to protect his homeland from the meddling hands of these Westerners. Little does he know he will not be able to live without the beautiful hand of one of them.
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Opal Eye Devil
by John Hamilton Lewis
From the teeming wharves of Shanghai to the stately offices of London and New York, schemes are hammered out to bankrupt opponents, wreck inventory and dynamite oil wells. Sweeping us back to the turn of the twentieth century, the author weaves an extraordinary tale about the brave men and women who risk everything as the discovery of oil rocks the world. Follow Eric Gradek's rise from the dark cargo hold of the Northern Star to the pinnacle of high stakes, gambling for unrivalled riches and revenge against the man who left him for dead. The richness and pageantry of two great cultures, Great Britain and China, are brought together in a thrilling tale of adventure and human relationship - packed with blood and sin, treachery and conspiracy.