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Daiyu was named after a ghost…
Little Daiyu is twelve when her parents disappear.
So she runs, disguising herself as a boy, to sweep the steps of Master Wang’s calligraphy school in Zhifu.
But this is just the beginning of a journey that sends her across an ocean to San Francisco and the lawless American west.
Kidnapped. Trafficked. Betrayed.
Prize virgin in a brothel.
Passion. Revenge. Freedom.
A woman in a man’s world. Daiyu fears her name is a curse on her life.
But what if it might yet set her free?
‘Brilliant and devastating…weaving together myth and history, Zhang’s work is both timeless and utterly necessary right now’ – Anna North
‘An instant and necessary classic, easily among the best novels of this past decade. The story lingers long after its final pages’ – T Kira Madden
‘An astonishing novel propelled by private and public histories, rich with reflections on self-making, moral calling, great love, and profound injustice’ – Megha Majumdar
‘An engulfing, bighearted and heartbreaking novel’ – Ann Patchett
‘A sweeping adventure of identity, love and belonging’ – C Pam Zhang
‘An impressive and original debut’ – The Sunday Times
