Archive for January 8th, 2010

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan : Lisa See

Lisa See’s bestselling novel Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is set in China in the 1800s. In her introduction to the novel, See writes that Lily, the narrator, was born in 1823 — “the third year of Emperor Daoguangs reign”
Plot summary
A language kept a secret for a thousand years forms the backdrop for an [...]