Paper Butterfly, Diane Wei Liang
Paper Butterfly, Diane Wei Liang
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Paper Butterfly

Author: Diane Wei Liang

Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller

Unabridged: 5 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/2009

Synopsis

In Beijing, Mei Wang is a unique entity—the first successful female private detective. An outsider in her culture, she is independent and solitary. Now she faces her toughest challenge yet. When beloved Chinese popstar Kaili disappears, Wang must unravel a mystery filled with family secrets and the shadowy truth behind China's labor camps. Following her trail of clues, Wang takes readers on a spectacular and sensual tour of China's magnificent capital city.

About Diane Wei Liang

Diane Wei Liang was born in Beijing. She spent part of her childhood with her parents in a labor camp in a remote region of China. In 1989 she took part in the Student Democracy Movement and protested in Tiananmen Square. She is a graduate of Peking University. She has a PhD in business administration from Carnegie Mellon University and was a professor of business in the US and the U.K. for more than ten years. She now writes full-time and lives in London with her husband and their two children.

About Emily Woo Zeller

Emily Woo Zeller is an Audie and Earphones Award–winning narrator, voice-over artist, actor, dancer, and choreographer. AudioFile magazine named her one of the Best Voices of 2013. Her voice-over career includes work in animated film and television in Southeast Asia.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Aggeliki

Το συγκεκριμένο βιβλίο ήταν πασχαλινό δωράκι και για να είμαι ειλικρινής αγνοούσα τόσο την ύπαρξή του όσο και της συγγραφέως. Ήταν όμως μια συμπαθητική ιστορία μυστηρίου που εκτυλίσσεται στα στενά του Πεκίνου γεμάτο περιγραφές εικόνων, μιας κουλτούρας που είναι τελείως έξω από όσα μας είναι οικεία κ......more

Goodreads review by Eric

Well written and well translated. Easy to read. Descent length chapters. Good story and a lot of Chinese history and culture baked into the story.......more

Goodreads review by Pachy

Este libro me ha gustado más que el anterior. La alternancia entre la historia de Mei y la de Lin se me ha hecho interesante, y es una mejora que se centre más en la trama principal que en la vida de Mei.......more

Goodreads review by Stefanos

Το βιβλίο διαβάσετε με μεγάλο ενδιαφέρον και περιγράφει κάποια γεγονότα που ζήσαμε όσο σου επέτρεπε η λογοκρισία της Κίνας.......more

Quotes

“Brims with fascinating details about the fizz of daily life in modern Beijing.” The Seattle Times

“A deftly crafted journey into the heart of modern-day China…[A] highly accomplished novel.” Guardian (London)

“Fueled by innumerable tidbits about Chinese culture and daily life, the story is refreshingly low on Western-centric references.” Publishers Weekly

“Zeller’s smooth Mandarin Chinese pronunciation and depiction of characters—who include a disillusioned student revolutionary, a high-rolling entertainment mogul, a lovesick assistant, and a host of elderly country and city dwellers—add to the textured sense of place. Both story and narrator draw the listener straight into the contradictions of old and new China.” AudioFile

“The author, who spent her childhood in a labor camp and escaped China in 1989 after taking part in the student uprising, uses recent Chinese history as a catalyst for a haunting mystery.” Library Journal

“A solid and compelling mystery and a fully realized protagonist…A tense and compelling private-eye mystery.” Booklist

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