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'For Emperor and Country, or Love and Family?
'Zimei (子美) is faced with a bleak future. Despite his great potential and hailing from an illustrious lineage, he serves his Emperor as a lowly Tang Dynasty official, having failed the Imperial Examinations twice.
'He sets out on a lifelong journey, seeking out first hermits and sages, then peace and home while documenting in verse the sufferings unleashed by civil war, sealing a friendship with the infamous Li Bai that will leave a remarkable legacy to Chinese literature.
'Zimei's story is the life of Du Fu (杜甫, 712-770), China’s first poet-historian and the nation’s greatest poet, reimagined in this epic debut novel by multi-award-winning author Boey Kim Cheng.' (Publication summary)
'Zimei (子美) is faced with a bleak future. Despite his great potential and hailing from an illustrious lineage, he serves his Emperor as a lowly Tang Dynasty official, having failed the Imperial Examinations twice.
'He sets out on a lifelong journey, seeking out first hermits and sages, then peace and home while documenting in verse the sufferings unleashed by civil war, sealing a friendship with the infamous Li Bai that will leave a remarkable legacy to Chinese literature.
'Zimei's story is the life of Du Fu (杜甫, 712-770), China’s first poet-historian and the nation’s greatest poet, reimagined in this epic debut novel by multi-award-winning author Boey Kim Cheng.' (Publication summary)
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Works about this Work
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Longing for Home: Boey Kim Cheng's Gull Between Heaven and Earth
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Cha : An Asian Literary Journal , April no. 39 2019;
— Review of Gull Between Heaven and Earth 2019 single work novel
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Longing for Home: Boey Kim Cheng's Gull Between Heaven and Earth
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Cha : An Asian Literary Journal , April no. 39 2019;
— Review of Gull Between Heaven and Earth 2019 single work novel
Last amended 15 Oct 2019 13:44:01
