Jasmine

(Hardback)

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Intrigue, betrayal, family secrets, forbidden passions - this tale of adventure and suspense links the Tiananmen Massacre of 1989 and the Kobe earthquake of 1995 through the story of Akihiko Waki. The story begins in 1990, as Akihiko learns that his father, presumed dead in China, was leading a double life and is in fact alive and in danger. His journey leads him to Shanghai, where he finds himself mysteriously drawn to the actress Li Xing, as his search for his father becomes also a desperate battle to save her from the brutal authorities...

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Noboru Tsujihara (born 1945) is a Japanese novelist and winner of the Akutagawa Prize. Juliet Carpenter teaches at Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts in Kyoto and works as a freelance translator.