Gold mountain blues
Zhang, Ling, 1957-2017
Book
One Family, 5 generations - an epic story of love and loss. China, 1879: With the Opium wars at their height, Fong Tak-Fat boards a ship to Canada, determined to make a life for himself and support his family back home. He will endure great hardship as he works to build the Pacific Railway and save every penny he makes to reunite his family. Canada, 2004: Amy Smith knows nothing of her family history, a secret her mother will not share, until she is summoned to her ancestral home in China to collect the forgotten belongings of family members whom she has never met. Can Amy finally unlock the door to her past?
Main title:
Gold mountain blues / Ling Zhang ; translation by Nicky Harman.
Author:
Zhang, Ling, 1957-, authorHarman, Nicky, translator
Work:
Imprint:
London : Corvus, 2017.
Collation:
xii, 522 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Chinese.This translation originally published: Canada: Viking, 2011.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781848875951 (pbk)
Dewey class:
895.136FICTION
Language:
EnglishChinese
BRN:
2481523