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"Wildly ambitious . . . [Barker's] dazzling use of language and natural storytelling gifts shine from every paragraph. As with David Mitchell, whose books can similarly hopscotch through times and places, each episode stands alone as a terrific tale in itself. You can become so immersed in one story that you have to almost physically drag yourself away to commit to the next. . . . Mesmerizing storytelling."--Sarah Lyall "The New York Times "
"Astonishing, amazing . . . It's the small sagas of Chinese history contained in the letters, together with Barker's vivid descriptions of today's China, that set this book apart as a work of considerable, if unnerving, importance. . . . Tightly wound, intensely wrought, fantastically exciting . . . Beguiling, readable, intense . . . The book's stellar narrative carries us briskly along."--Simon Winchester "The New York Times Book Review "
"Barker's fluid prose makes of their tragic stories irresistible reading....The stories come alive via a veritable catalog of dark and desperate details. This ambitious novel traffics in intrigue and betrayal yet never loses its hypnotic grip."--Booklist (starred review)
"Barker has that rare contortionistic imagination possessed only by the finest Chinese literary legends such as Wu Cheng'en and Yu Hua, and this book is soaked deep in the vintage mysticism of Nobel Prize winner Mo Yan. It's a rare feat that a China-themed book could be this universally abiding. My favorite part being its setting: China is alive and deeply soulful under Barker's knowing pen, making me want to revisit this mystic land of much enchantment." --Da Chen, author of Colors of the Mountain and Brothers
"A page-turning reincarnation fantasy . . . Lush historical detail . . . A very memorable read." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"[A] stunning epic . . . Barker's historical tour de force is simultaneously sweeping and precise. . . . Effortlessly blends the past with the present, dark humor with profound sadness. A deeply human masterpiece." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Barker's remarkable new novel is ambitious in scope, scholarly in depth and absolutely riveting. The Incarnations works on a number of levels, pulling together so many strands of history and perspectives and drawing them into a compelling and convincing tale. Part history, part love story, with good doses of horror, comedy and philosophy, it is ultimately a thriller and a page-turner.... The effect is explosive." --South China Morning Post
"Reads as China's Midnight's Children. An utterly remarkable novel, it is certainly a very different book from Rushdie's but just as important in its historical and cultural sweep....Barker's storytelling is lively and addictive....She has an eye for the absurd and darkly comic." --The Independent (UK)
"Suspend your disbelief, flow along with this wonderful book, like the crazy traffic flowing around Beijing's six ring roads...The book moves effortlessly from past to present and back again....Masterful." --The Guardian (UK)
"Barker resembles David Mitchell in the ability to weave together past and present in a convincing, and ultimately intriguing, manner."--Sydney Morning Herald
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Receiving mysterious letters from someone claiming to be his soulmate, a Beijing taxi driver learns about their shared relationships in numerous past lives before becoming increasingly certain that someone is watching him. By the author of Sayonara Bar.
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- VerlagTOUCHSTONE PR
- Erscheinungsdatum2016
- ISBN 10 1501106791
- ISBN 13 9781501106798
- EinbandTapa blanda
- Anzahl der Seiten400
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