Souls Left Behind by Fan Wu
1985 France, David Zhang's disappearance prompts his half-Chinese daughter, Anne, to delve into his history within the Chinese Labour Corps. Exploring the lives of 140,000 men who worked behind the scenes in the Great War, Anne's answers lingering childhood questions, revealing the weight of war's trauma and a past fraught with regret.
“We see the Great War from an entirely new perspectiveA remarkable achievement” - PATRICK MARNHAM award-winning author “It’s a story of hardship, survival and love, as well as of belonging and how history shapes us” - THE BIG ISSUE, XINRAN bestselling author of The Good Women of China “Gripping, often startling, elegantly constructed and always convincing. Fan Wu tells her strange story with such humanity and humour that I couldn’t put it down” - HILARY SPURLING award-winning author of Burying the Bones: Pearl Buck in China “History’s ghosts are remembered, honoured and vindicated in this exquisite tribute” - SANDR A CISNEROS bestselling author of The House on Mango Street
Fan Wu is a bilingual writer, with her work published in over ten languages. She is the author of three novels and her short fiction has appeared in numerous leading publications. She has also been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and is a co-founder of the Society of Heart’s Delight, which promotes interracial and intercultural dialogue, as well as a trustee and leader of Mothers’ Bridge of Love. Honey Watson is a science fiction writer and translator living in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a translator of both fiction and non-fiction from Mandarin into English, holding degrees from University College London and Peking University, Beijing. Her debut novel, Lessons in Birdwatching, was released by Angry Robot books in August 2023.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781838905972 |
| ISBN 10 | 1838905979 |
| Title | Souls Left Behind |
| Author | Fan Wu |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | ACA Publishing Limited |
| Year published | 2024-04-26 |
| Number of pages | 312 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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