Dragon Bones, Lisa See
Dragon Bones, Lisa See
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Dragon Bones

Author: Lisa See

Narrator: Janet Song

Unabridged: 11 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/13/2010

Synopsis

LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER • The acclaimed author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan combines ancient myth with contemporary anxieties of religious fanaticism and terrorism to tell “an absorbing story” (The San Diego Union-Tribune) of love, betrayal, history, ecology, greed—and gory murder.

“Stays with you long after the conventional thriller is forgotten.”—The Washington Post Book World

Liu Hulan, an inspector for China’s Ministry of Public Security, and her American husband, attorney David Stark, are traveling to one of the most beautiful places on earth: the Three Gorges, where China’s biggest engineering project since the building of the Great Wall is taking place.

Hulan is there to investigate the death of an American archaeologist found floating in the waters of the Yangzi River; David is trying to figure out who’s stealing artifacts from Site 518 and selling them on the international art market. Haunting the investigation is the possibility that an artifact has been found that could very well alter the history of civilization. Together, David and Hulan unearth more scandals, confront more murderers, and revive tragic memories that shake their tormented marriage to its core as they struggle to solve a mystery as big, unruly, and complex as China itself.

About Lisa See

American author, Lisa See, was born in Paris, France, but spent many years in Los Angeles, primarily in the Chinatown District. Her mother, another novelist, wrote her autobiography which also includes interesting insights into her daughter's life. Lisa See graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a B.A. Degree in 1979.

See had various writing jobs such as a correspondent for Publisher's Weekly on the West Coast and has written articles for Self, Vogue, and More magazines. Lisa See is one-eighth Chinese, and she has done various noted projects concerning the Chinese American population. One such project was featured in the Smithsonian. See has also been an avid public speaker. Adding to her diversification, she also serves as a Los Angeles City Commissioner. See is a member of The Trusteeship, an organization whose members are "prominent women of achievement and influence in diverse fields".

Among her works are: Snowflower and the Secret Fan, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, Peony in Love, Shanghai Girls, Dreams of Joy, and China Dolls. "These books have been celebrated for their authentic, deeply researched, lyrical stories about Chinese characters and cultures". One newer book is about South Korean women of Jeju Island, called The Island of Sea Women. It was chosen as the March 2019 Barnes and Noble nationwide Book Club book to read.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Stephanie on May 10, 2008

Read it for a book group. It is third in a series -- maybe I should have read the first 2? What did I miss? I'll never know as I won't read the first 2. I like the characterization, and I loved reading about the Gorges and the dam and all the Chinese stuff I know nothing about. Issues are with plotti......more

Goodreads review by Bea on September 30, 2018

A complex and detailed story, the writing was dry and I struggled to finish it. The mysteries were layered and kept me guessing. It was a good story but not gripping and it didn't engage me emotionally.......more

Goodreads review by L on May 21, 2008

The back cover promsies "an extraordinarily rich novel" in which "myth mixes treacherously with truth." And, indeed, this is what See delivers. As a reader, you really feel the setting. See avoids easy political shots, taking a more nuanced (and interesting) approach than some might. The murder & ma......more

Goodreads review by Annalie on December 31, 2013

I enjoyed this third Red Princess book even more than the first two in the series. I'll certainly miss the gutsy, stubborn Liu Hulan and her lovely husband David! Unique and very interesting trilogy; more novels than murder mysteries and I learned much about China, its culture and history.......more

Goodreads review by Katherine on May 22, 2017

Liu Hulan adalah inspektur yg ditugaskan menyelidiki kematian seorang Kaukasia yg tenggelam. Sang korban diketahui bernama Brian, seorang mahasiswa cerdas yg berkutat pd bidang arkeologi. Dari penyelidikan tsb menarik Hulan dan suaminya, David Stark ke situs 518 yg dikenal sbg lokasi zaman Kaisar Yu......more

Quotes

“Mixing history, myths, and current events, Dragon Bones is an extraordinarily rich novel. It reveals the emotional and economical entanglement of China with the West, and tells a story of violence, lust, greed, fear, and desperation. The novel not only is a page-turner but is also timely.”—Ha Jin, author of Waiting and The Crazed

Praise for Flower Net

“Lisa See [does] for Beijing what Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did for turn-of-the-century London or Dashiell Hammett did for 1920s San Francisco: She discerns the hidden city lurking beneath the public façade.”—The Washington Post Book World

Praise for The Interior

“Lisa See is one of the classier practitioners of . . . the international thriller. She draws her characters . . . with convincing depth, and offers up documentary social detail that reeks of freshly raked muck. See’s China is as vivid as Upton Sinclair’s Chicago.”—The New York Times Book Review

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