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A propulsive and dazzling debut novel set against the backdrop of the Chinese Exclusion Act, about a Chinese girl fighting to claim her place in the 1880s American West

Daiyu never wanted to be like the tragic heroine for whom she was named, revered for her beauty and cursed with heartbreak. But when she is kidnapped and smuggled across an ocean from China to America, Daiyu must relinquish the home and future she imagined for herself. Over the years that follow, she is forced to keep reinventing herself to survive. From a calligraphy school, to a San Francisco brothel, to a shop tucked into the Idaho mountains, we follow Daiyu on a desperate quest to outrun the tragedy that chases her. As anti-Chinese sentiment sweeps across the country in a wave of unimaginable violence, Daiyu must draw on each of the selves she has been-including the ones she most wants to leave behind-in order to finally claim her own name and story.

At once a literary tour de force and a groundbreaking work of historical fiction, Four Treasures of the Sky announces Jenny Tinghui Zhang as an indelible new voice. Steeped in untold history and Chinese folklore, this novel is a spellbinding feat.

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406 pages
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Penguin
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28 July 2022
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An engulfing, bighearted and heartbreaking novel. Illuminates shocking injustices, making us stop and consider how many survive to this day -- Ann Patchett, author of Women's Prize longlisted The Dutch House

A sweeping adventure of identity, love and belonging -- C Pam Zhang, Man Booker longlisted author of How Much of These Hills are Gold

Brilliant and devastating. Four Treasures of the Sky tells the story of Daiyu, who is brought to America against her will and forced to hide who she is even as she grows into her true self. Weaving together myth and history, Zhang's work is both timeless and utterly necessary right now. -- Anna North, author of the New York Times bestseller Outlawed

An instant and necessary classic, easily among the best novels of this past decade. The story lingers long after its final pages -- T Kira Madden, author of Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls

An astonishing novel propelled by private and public histories, rich with reflections on self-making, moral calling, great love, and profound injustice -- Megha Majumdar, author of A Burning

This unforgettable novel dazzles. An exhilarating rush of character, history and storytelling -- Kali Fajardo-Anstine, US National Book Award finalist author of Sabrina & Corina

Brings alive a heroine for the ages, an indomitable teenage girl whose relentless spirit and self-reinvention carries this story. Daiyu is sure to take her place in the canon of great Western heroines next to True Grit's Mattie Ross -- Juliet Grames, author of The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna

This book is haunting, luscious and precise - it's historical fiction as we most want and need it to be. Four Treasures of the Sky paints a neglected chapter in history with sharp and devastating brushstrokes -- Julia Fine, author of The Upstairs House

A lyrical and sweeping Bildungsroman, fierce and moving ― Publishers Weekly, starred review

A book to sit alongside Yaa Gyasi's Homecomingand Anna North's Outlawed, this is a powerful tale of reclamation, spun with soul by a remarkable new talent ― Lauren Puckett, Shelf Awareness

A sweeping adventure of identity, love, and belonging ― C Pam Zhang, Man Booker longlisted author of 'How Much of These Hills are Gold'

Brilliant and devastating. Weaving together myth and history, it is both timeless and utterly necessary right now ― Anna North, 'Outlawed'

An exhilarating rush of character, history, and storytelling. This unforgettable novel dazzles ― Kali Fajardo-Anstine, National Book Award finalist author of 'Sabrina & Corina'

An instant and necessary classic, easily among the best novels of this decade. A true wonder, this is a story that lingers long after its final pages ― T Kira Madden, acclaimed author of 'Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls' --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Jenny Tinghui Zhang is a Texas-based Chinese-American writer. Four Treasures of the Sky is her first novel. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09BDQPZRD
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin (28 July 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3307 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 406 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0241533031

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Jenny Tinghui Zhang is a Texas-based Chinese-American writer who holds an MFA in nonfiction from the University of Wyoming (where she wrote the popular Catapult column Why-oming) and is an alumna of the 2016 VONA/Voices, Tin House Summer 2019 & Winter 2020 Workshops. Jenny is a prose editor at Adroit Journal and has written nonfiction for The Cut, Bustle, Huffington Post, and HelloGiggles; her fiction has appeared in Ninth Letter, Passages North, CALYX, The Rumpus, and more.

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DOUGLAS L GOLD

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Reviewed in Canada on 7 May 2022

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This book tells the story of Chinese women and men in the latter part of the 19th century. It is beautifully written. The old girl posing as boy is a little worn. Look beyond the cliche, feel the pain, enjoy this first fiction. It's magnificent

Charlotte

Dismal

Reviewed in the United States on 28 April 2022

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Totally depressing. Nothing but misery from beginning to end.

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Marie in Florida

Captivating read

Reviewed in the United States on 24 April 2022

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This was the first book I've read cover to cover in two days in a very long time. It made me want to understand Chinese culture more, and once again I am disgusted at the treatment throughout history that white men have been capable of inflicting on anyone they perceive as different. Where will it end?

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Jbk

No happy ending here.

Reviewed in the United States on 21 April 2022

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This book kept my interest. Good story. I am getting a little tired of reading about women who pose as men though. Which I guess must be my fault for chosing the books, although I didn’t know she would pose as a male for nearly the whole book. Didn’t like the ending, of course, though I’m sure it is accurate for the time and place.

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Kayakmaine

Absolutely one of the decades best books

Reviewed in the United States on 11 May 2022

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I love historical fiction and am always searching for a “great story.” This first novel by the author, blew me away. A young girl is kidnapped in China, smuggled to the U.S. and sold to a brothel in San Francisco. And it just happens to be 1882, the year the Chinese Exclusion Act was enforced. A part of history I knew little about. I was totally beguiled by this saga, and cannot recommend it enough.

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