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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A fascinating portrait of life as a Chinese American woman in the 1930s and ’40s.”—The New York Times Book Review “Superb . . . This emotional, informative and brilliant page-turner resonates with resilience and humanity.”—The Washington...

Beloved New York Times bestselling author Lisa See draws on the vibrancy and turmoil of post-Civil War Los Angeles to tell the story of three Chinese women who managed to survive and, eventually, thrive, despite all odds. In 1870, three Chinese women arrive in the small, dusty, and violent...

Una lectura cálida, intensa y con un sabor que nos devuelve a la tierra del origen del té. Capaz de combinar belleza poética con tramas cautivadoras, Lisa See ha ido construyendo en sus novelas, desde El abanico de seda hasta El círculo de mujeres de la doctora Tan, un fascinante universo literario en torno a la historia y la cultura chinas. En La joven del té, vuelve a sorprendernos con un relato conmovedor sobre familia, identidad y maternidad.

*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!* From “one of those special writers capable of delivering both poetry and plot” (The New York Times Book Review) an immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a woman physician in 15th-century China—perfect for fans of Lisa See’s classics Snow...

Dette er historien om to kinesiske søstres skæbne og drømmen om Amerika. Den 21-årige Pearl og hendes yngre søster May lever et ubekymret liv i 1930’ernes Shanghai - Asiens Paris. De har tilegnet sig en vestlig moderne livsstil, hvor det er slut med indsnørede fødder. Men selv om pigerne lever et frit liv, er Kina stadig et patriarkalsk samfund. tDa faren mister sin rickshaw forretning pga. spillegæld, er det slut med det sorgløse liv.

En la China del siglo XVII, los manchúes se han alzado con el poder tras derrocar a la dinastía Ming. Ajena al cataclismo político, la joven Peonía vive con su próspera familia en una hermosa casa junto al Lago del Oeste de Hangzhou. Educada de forma exquisita para convertirse en una esposa dócil y culta, Peonía espera emocionada la celebración de su decimosexto cumpleaños.

Lilie und Schneerose wachsen im frühen 19. Jahrhunderts in der chinesischen Provinz auf. Sie schreiben sich in der Geheimschrift der Frauen, Nushu, und schaffen sich so einen kleinen Freiraum. Beide leben in einer von Härte und Lieblosigkeit geprägten Umgebung: So müssen sie auch in jungen Jahren das Binden ihrer Füße ertragen. Eigentlich eine Auszeichnung, denn kleine Füße lassen die Familie auf eine vorteilhafte Heirat für die Mädchen hoffen.

Hacia el año 1937, Shanghai está considerada el París del continente asiático. En la sofisticada y opulenta ciudad, donde conviven mendigos, millonarios, gángsters, jugadores y artistas, la vida sonríe a las hermanas Pearl y May Chin, hijas de un acaudalado hombre de negocios.

Kun Yhdysvaltain suurlähettilään ja kiinalaisen huippupoliitikon pojat löytyvät kuolleina, epäillään molemmissa maissa, että kuolemien taustalla on jotain hämärää. David Stark Yhdysvaltojen oikeusministeriöstä lyö hynttyyt yhteen kiinalaisen etsivän Liu Huanin kanssa mysteerin selvittämiseksi. Tapaus ei ole pelkästään diplomaattisesti arkaluontoinen vaan myös täynnä mutkia. Johtolangat vetävät kaksikkoa Los Angelesin kiinalaiskortteleiden ja Pekingin vilkkaiden katujen läpi. He kohtaavat suuren maan pimeimpiä kolkkia ja ihmisyyden rumimpia puolia.

En una remota provincia de China, las mujeres crearon hace siglos un lenguaje secreto para comunicarse libremente entre sí: el nu shu. Aisladas en sus casas y sometidas a la férrea autoridad masculina, el nu shu era su única vía de escape. Mediante sus mensajes, escritos o bordados en telas, abanicos y otros objetos, daban testimonio de un mundo tan sofisticado como implacable.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A gifted writer . . . explores the bonds of sisterhood while powerfully evoking the often nightmarish American immigrant experience.”—USA Today In 1937, Shanghai is the Paris of Asia, a city of great wealth and glamour, the home of millionaires and beggars...

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a brilliantly realistic journey back to an era of Chinese history that is as deeply moving as it is sorrowful. With the period detail and deep resonance of Memoirs of a Geisha, this lyrical and emotionally charged novel delves into one of the most mysterious of...

“I finally understand what the poets have written. In spring, moved to passion; in autumn, only regret.” For young Peony, betrothed to a suitor she has never met, these lyrics from The Peony Pavilion mirror her own longings. In the garden of the Chen Family Villa, a small theatrical troupe...

In Flower Net, Lisa See gives us a China not often seen: An extraordinary nation that is at once admirable and frightening. Here the veil is ripped away from modern China--its venerable culture, its teeming economy, its institutionalized cruelty--and the inextricable link between China's...

“See paints a fascinating portrait of a complex and enigmatic society, in which nothing is ever quite as it appears, and of the people, peasant and aristocrat alike, who are bound by its subtle strictures.”—San Diego Union-Tribune While David Stark is asked to open a law office in Beijing...

When the body of an American archaeologist is found floating in the Yangzi River, Ministry of Public Security agent Liu Hulan and her husband, American attorney David Stark, are dispatched to Site 518 to investigate. As Hulan scrutinizes this death—or is it a murder?—David, on behalf of the...

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a brilliantly realistic journey back to an era of Chinese history that is as deeply moving as it is sorrowful. With the period detail and deep resonance of Memoirs of a Geisha, this lyrical and emotionally charged novel delves into one of the most mysterious of...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa See, “one of those special writers capable of delivering both poetry and plot” (The New York Times Book Review), a moving novel about tradition, tea farming, and the bonds between mothers and daughters. In their remote mountain village, Li-yan...

Tras seducir a lectores y críticos de todo el mundo con El abanico de seda y Dos chicas de Shanghai, Lisa See vuelve a cautivarnos con La isla de las mujeres del mar, una bella e introspectiva novela sobre los lazos de amistad de dos jóvenes hanenyeo -mujeres buceadoras de la isla surcoreana de Jeju, cuya forma de vida ha sido reconocida por la Unesco como patrimonio de la humanidad- y las poderosas fuerzas, tanto naturales como históricas, que las rodean.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A mesmerizing new historical novel” (O, The Oprah Magazine) from Lisa See, the bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and devastating family secrets on a small Korean island. Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the...