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7396054City of Fictionhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/city-of-fiction-9798889660941/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6987034/image.jpg?v=638778460851470000223290MXNEuropa EditionsInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>A story of love, blood and dreams, set in early 20th century China</strong></p><p>In the early 20th century, China is a land undergoing a momentous social and cultural shift, with a thousand-year-old empire crumbling and the nation on the brink of modernity. Against this backdrop, a quiet man from the North embarks on a perilous journey to a Southern city in the grip of a savage snowstorm. He carries with him a newborn baby: he is looking for the childs mother and a city that isnt there.</p><p>This is a story of two people: a man who finds unexpected success after having journeyed to the hometown of the woman who abandoned him; and the woman he is searching for, who mysteriously disappeared to embark on her own eventful journey. This is a story about vanished crafts and ancient customs, about violence, love, and friendship. Above all, its a story about change and about storytelling itself, full of vivid characters, ranging from bandits to vengeful potentates, from prostitutes to deceitful soothsayers, and surprising twistsan epic tale, as inexorable as time itself and as gripping as a classic adventure story.</p>...7028170City of Fiction223290https://www.gandhi.com.mx/city-of-fiction-9798889660941/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6987034/image.jpg?v=638778460851470000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20259798889660941_W3siaWQiOiJjMGNlNWIyNS0xZDM1LTRhNTUtYWUyZi1iOWY5YWM5YzY5NTAiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjMwNywiZGlzY291bnQiOjcwLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIzNywiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDYtMDRUMjA6MDA6MDBaIiwidG8iOiIyMDI1LTA2LTMwVDIzOjU5OjU5WiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9LHsiaWQiOiJmYTM1NTg0Ni1hZWE4LTQ4ZTAtODYwNi05MGQ4ZmVhODZiZjAiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI5MCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjY3LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIyMywiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDctMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9798889660941_<p><strong>A story of love, blood and dreams, set in early 20th century China</strong></p><p>In the early 20th century, China is a land undergoing a momentous social and cultural shift, with a thousand-year-old empire crumbling and the nation on the brink of modernity. Against this backdrop, a quiet man from the North embarks on a perilous journey to a Southern city in the grip of a savage snowstorm. He carries with him a newborn baby: he is looking for the childs mother and a city that isnt there.</p><p>This is a story of two people: a man who finds unexpected success after having journeyed to the hometown of the woman who abandoned him; and the woman he is searching for, who mysteriously disappeared to embark on her own eventful journey. This is a story about vanished crafts and ancient customs, about violence, love, and friendship. Above all, its a story about change and about storytelling itself, full of vivid characters, ranging from bandits to vengeful potentates, from prostitutes to deceitful soothsayers, and surprising twistsan epic tale, as inexorable as time itself and as gripping as a classic adventure story.</p>...9798889660941_Europa Editionslibro_electonico_9798889660941_9798889660941Yu HuaInglésMéxico2025-04-08T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingram50-epub-b9ad8fcb-13e5-47a0-8370-de90f0ddf5dc.epub2025-04-08T00:00:00+00:00Europa Editions