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Butterfly, A novel (With classic fan-shape illustrations)
Here’s the set-up:
Set against the backdrop of the Second World War/Sino-Japanese war (1931-1945), the story centres around the fatal love between a married Chinese woman and a young Japanese soldier. However, the fantastic tale is not as simple as its plot suggests. In the forties of the 20th century, one summer day, on the bending shore of the magical, eternal river Yangtze, a woman met a young stranger she falls in love with. But he can’t love her back, and she can’t love him if she would have known why he has hunted her down all over China to tell her a dark secret…
“A shamelessly original work of art that you can read legally outside China”
Butterfly is a haunting love story a la Romeo and Juliet of the Orient. The modern fairytale explores passion beyond all forbidden boundaries and love tested to its limits to defy even death. Taking a stab at sensitive historical, social issues such as the Rape of Nanking, the question arises, what is love? Where is the salvation in all the heartlessness of mankind? Are we able to love, a deed that is so often taken for granted? Perhaps love is neither simple nor always pleasant or even inhuman. In the end the protagonists have to undergo a metamorphosis in order to be reunited again on the bank of the Yangtze river where they met seven decades ago.
About the author:
Julie O’Yang is a novelist and visual artist based in The Netherlands. Born and brought up in China, she came to Europe in 1990s to study at the University of London. Then she read Japanese Language and Culture at the University of Leiden, Holland, and Tokyo, Japan. Her fiction, short fiction, poetry and articles have appeared in publications worldwide. www.julieoyang.com.
From the reviewers:
“A shamelessly original work of art that you can read legally outside China” – New Beijing Voice
“A tour de force.” Leanne Delehanty, author and visual artist.
“Butterfly is a book that reminds you of the joy of discovering a treasure, and wondering why there aren’t a few hundred-thousand more who have already found it before you.” – Unlikely stories.
“Transforms you, from cover to cover.” – Neverland.
“History is written only once, so is Butterfly by Julie O’Yang.” – Young Chronicle
“A book that has all the essential ingredients that makes a bestseller” – Creative Ecstasy
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