Shelley Parker-Chan
Autor de She Who Became the Sun
Series
Obras de Shelley Parker-Chan
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 20th Century
- Género
- non-binary
- Nacionalidad
- Australia
- Premios y honores
- Astounding Award for Best New Writer
- Agente
- Laura Rennert
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Female Author (1)
Asia (1)
Premios
También Puede Gustarte
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 5
- Miembros
- 2,193
- Popularidad
- #11,697
- Valoración
- 4.0
- Reseñas
- 57
- ISBNs
- 33
- Idiomas
- 4
- Favorito
- 1
This is the debut work of Shelley Parker-Chan, an Asian-Australian author born in New Zealand. The book has been nominated for many awards including the Hugo Award and British Book Award for Fiction. It is more historical fiction with a touch of fantasy or magical realism than pure fantasy. Beginning in 1345 it is a reimagining of the 1351-1368 Red Turban rebellions in China that led to the overthrow of the Mongol led Yuan dynasty and the establishment of the Ming dynasty.
The main character is Zhu Chongba, a poor village girl who takes on her brother’s identity when he dies, to escape starvation. She is taken into a monastery as a boy novice. Her fierce determination to survive and find greatness is the main theme of the story and sees her become part of the rebel army and meet Ma the General’s daughter.
The second storyline involves General Ouyang, a Han eunuch fighting for the Yuan and secretly in love with Prince Esen. His shame and anger over the death of his family and his own emasculation makes revenge a driving motivation for Ouyang.
The story is well-written and the early and later parts are engaging. It definitely experienced a slump in the middle where I found myself bored. Zhu’s obsession with her quest for greatness is also repetitive and almost monosyllabic with little expansion on this theme. The exploration of gender issues was another theme. I enjoyed the creation of 14th century China but the main character needed more fleshing out for me. 3 stars… (más)