Jin In Time-Two
Jin In Time-Two

Author: Karin De Havin

Publisher: Supernatural Fantasy Publishing

Published: 2020-12-17

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13:

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Can ten wishes change her destiny? Seventeen-year-old Esme is about to find out when a bowler-hatted genie pops out of her grandmother’s antique vase. Jin says he’ll grant her ten life-changing wishes. At first Esme gets off to a bumpy start with Jin and her wishes. But she soon finds herself falling for her Victorian genie. Things take a dangerous turn when Jin’s former master, a diabolical Victorian magician, sends a message through the vase—he wants his genie back! Esme has a tough choice to make. Work on rebuilding her relationship with her dad and a new life in Long Island or use her last wish to and save the genie she loves. If she travels back in time to Victorian England will she ever be able to return home again? Find out more in Jin in Time-Two, the second book in the Time is Forever Series by author Karin De Havin! If you enjoy young adult time travel romances that are filled with magic and adventure that keeps you turning the pages, then one-click for your copy of Jin in Time-Two today! Keywords: young adult time travel, young adult historical fantasy, genie books, young adult books, young adult historical fantasy complete series, young adult coming of age fantasy, time travel books, Victorian London based books, young adult action adventure supernatural, teen high paranormal, young adult supernatural books, time travel books, Victorian fantasy, time travel stories, magician fantasy books.

Two English-Language Translators of Jin Ping Mei
Two English-Language Translators of Jin Ping Mei

Author: Shuangjin Xiao

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-07-31

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1040085326

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Two English-Language Translators of Jin Ping Mei examines English translations of the Ming novel Jin Ping Mei by translators from different historical periods within the Anglophone world. Drawing upon theoretical insights from translation studies, literary criticism, and cultural studies, the book explores the treatment of salient features of the novel in translation, including cultural representation, narratological elements, gender-specific motifs, and (homo)sexual themes. Through literary re-imagining and artistic re-creation, Egerton transforms a complex and sprawling narrative into a popular modern middlebrow novel, making it readily accessible within Western genres. Roy’s interlinear and annotated translation transcends the mere retelling of a vivid story for its unwavering emphasis on every single detail of the original, becoming a portal to the Ming past. It stands as a testament to the significance of translation as a medium for understanding the legacy of the late Ming and the socio-cultural dynamics shaping that period in Chinese history. This book will be a useful reference for scholars and research students within the fields of literary translation studies and translated Chinese literature, particularly Ming- Qing fiction. The book will also appeal to students and researchers studying Jin Ping Mei’s translation and reception in the West.

American Born Chinese
American Born Chinese

Author: Gene Luen Yang

Publisher: First Second

Published: 2006-09-06

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 1466805463

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A tour-de-force by rising indy comics star Gene Yang, American Born Chinese tells the story of three apparently unrelated characters: Jin Wang, who moves to a new neighborhood with his family only to discover that he's the only Chinese-American student at his new school; the powerful Monkey King, subject of one of the oldest and greatest Chinese fables; and Chin-Kee, a personification of the ultimate negative Chinese stereotype, who is ruining his cousin Danny's life with his yearly visits. Their lives and stories come together with an unexpected twist in this action-packed modern fable. American Born Chinese is an amazing ride, all the way up to the astonishing climax. American Born Chinese is a 2006 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature, the winner of the 2007 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New, an Eisner Award nominee for Best Coloring and a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. This title has Common Core Connections

A Map of Betrayal
A Map of Betrayal

Author: Ha Jin

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2014-11-04

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 0307911616

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A Christian Science Monitor Best Book of the Year From the award-winning author of Waiting and War Trash: a riveting tale of espionage and conflicted loyalties that spans half a century in the entwined histories of two countries—China and the United States—and two families. When Lilian Shang, born and raised in America, discovers her father’s diary after the death of her parents, she is shocked by the secrets it contains. She knew that her father, Gary, convicted decades ago of being a mole in the CIA, was the most important Chinese spy ever caught. But his diary, an astonishing chronicle of his journey as a Communist intelligence agent, reveals the pain and longing that his double life entailed—and point to a hidden second family that he’d left behind in China. As Lilian follows her father’s trail back into the Chinese provinces, she begins to grasp the extent of his dilemma: he is a man torn between loyalty to his motherland and the love he came to feel for his adopted country. She sees how his sense of duty distorted his life, and as she starts to understand that Gary too had been betrayed, Lilian finds that it is up to her to prevent his tragedy from endangering yet another generation of Shangs. A stunning portrait of a multinational family and an unflinching inquiry into the meaning of citizenship, patriotism, and home, A Map of Betrayal is a spy novel that only Ha Jin could write.

A Song Everlasting
A Song Everlasting

Author: Ha Jin

Publisher: Pantheon

Published: 2021-07-27

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 152474879X

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From the universally admired, National Book Award-winning, bestselling author of Waiting—a timely novel that follows a famous Chinese singer severed from his country, as he works to find his way in the United States At the end of a U.S. tour with his state-supported choir, popular singer Yao Tian takes a private gig in New York to pick up some extra cash for his daughter’s tuition fund, but the consequences of his choice spiral out of control. On his return to China, Tian is informed that the sponsors of the event were supporters of Taiwan’s secession, and that he must deliver a formal self-criticism. When he is asked to forfeit his passport to his employer, Tian impulsively decides instead to return to New York to protest the government’s threat to his artistic integrity. With the help of his old friend Yabin, Tian’s career begins to flourish in the United States. But he is soon placed on a Chinese gov­ernment blacklist and thwarted by the state at every turn, and it becomes increasingly clear that he may never return to China unless he denounces the freedoms that have made his new life possible. Tian nevertheless insists on his identity as a performer, refusing to give up his art. Moving, important, and strikingly relevant to our times, A Song Everlasting is a story of hope in the face of hardship from one of our most celebrated authors.

Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)
Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)

Author: Min Jin Lee

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Published: 2017-02-07

Total Pages: 604

ISBN-13: 1455563919

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A New York Times Top Ten Book of the Year and National Book Award finalist, Pachinko is an "extraordinary epic" of four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family as they fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan (San Francisco Chronicle). NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2017 * A USA TODAY TOP TEN OF 2017 * JULY PICK FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR-NEW YORK TIMES BOOK CLUB NOW READ THIS * FINALIST FOR THE 2018DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE* WINNER OF THE MEDICI BOOK CLUB PRIZE Roxane Gay's Favorite Book of 2017, Washington Post NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER * WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER * WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER "There could only be a few winners, and a lot of losers. And yet we played on, because we had hope that we might be the lucky ones." In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger at the seashore near her home in Korea. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she is pregnant--and that her lover is married--she refuses to be bought. Instead, she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle, sickly minister passing through on his way to Japan. But her decision to abandon her home, and to reject her son's powerful father, sets off a dramatic saga that will echo down through the generations. Richly told and profoundly moving, Pachinko is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty. From bustling street markets to the halls of Japan's finest universities to the pachinko parlors of the criminal underworld, Lee's complex and passionate characters--strong, stubborn women, devoted sisters and sons, fathers shaken by moral crisis--survive and thrive against the indifferent arc of history. *Includes reading group guide*

Jin In Time
Jin In Time

Author: Karin De Havin

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2015-04-17

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9781511781329

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Spending senior year with the father who abandoned her is the last thing seventeen-year-old Esme wanted. But when her guardian grandmother dies, she has no choice. The only thing she has left of her once happy life is her grandmother's antique vase-until she discovers it comes with a bowler-hatted genie. Jin promises to do whatever it takes to make Esme happy again. But things get off to a bumpy start when Esme learns that her wishes are powered by Victorian-era magic. Hiding a genie isn't easy, either. Esme gives Jin a modern makeover and stashes him in the school library. One tiny hiccup-her dad's the principal. When word spreads that Esme is spending all her free time with a cute British guy, she's busted, and her dad uses his parental authority to ground her. Esme falls for Jin just as her dad finally seems to care about her. Meanwhile, Jin's former master, a diabolical Victorian magician, sends a message through the vase-he wants his genie back. Esme must decide to use her last wish to run off to Victorian England and save the genie she loves, but she might be stuck there forever-and incur the wrath of Jin's dark master. Or, she can choose to work on her relationship with her dad. And she thought having a genie would be fun.** This book contains both parts one and two of Jin In Time

The Jin In Time Boxed Set- Books 1-3
The Jin In Time Boxed Set- Books 1-3

Author: Karin De Havin

Publisher: Supernatural Fantasy Publishing

Published: 2020-12-04

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13:

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Life would be amazing if you had a genie, right? Seventeen-year-old Esme is about out to find out when her guardian grandmother dies and leaves her an antique vase. Forced to move in with a father she hardly knows, she rubs it for good luck. Out pops a bowler-hatted genie! Esme hopes to turn her luck around now that she has a genie to help her deal with her problems but there’s a catch. She realizes the wishes are powered by Victorian-era magic and that her genie’s past could put her life in danger…for good. Included: Jin In Time Book One, Jin In Time Book Two, and Love in the Time of Jin Book Three. If you love time traveling genies from Victorian England, coming of age stories with a bit of magic, unforgettable characters and page turning action (with a dash of humor and romance mixed in) and a happy ever after ending, then grab your copy of the Jin in Time 1-3 boxed set today! **The Time is Forever Series has a prequel The Genie Academy Series.** Keywords: young adult time travel, young adult historical fantasy, genie books, young adult books, young adult historical fantasy complete series, young adult coming of age fantasy, time travel books, Los Angeles based books, young adult action adventure supernatural, teen high paranormal, young adult supernatural books, time travel , Victorian fantasy, time travel stories, magician fantasy books, happy ever after books.

Little Gods
Little Gods

Author: Meng Jin

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2020-01-14

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 0062935976

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LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/OPEN BOOK AWARD “Compellingly complex…Expands the future of the immigrant novel even as it holds us in uneasy thrall to the past.” – Gish Jen, New York Times Book Review Combining the emotional resonance of Home Fire with the ambition and innovation of Asymmetry, a lyrical and thought-provoking debut novel that explores the complex web of grief, memory, time, physics, history, and selfhood in the immigrant experience, and the complicated bond between daughters and mothers. On the night of June Fourth, a woman gives birth in a Beijing hospital alone. Thus begins the unraveling of Su Lan, a brilliant physicist who until this moment has successfully erased her past, fighting what she calls the mind’s arrow of time. When Su Lan dies unexpectedly seventeen years later, it is her daughter Liya who inherits the silences and contradictions of her life. Liya, who grew up in America, takes her mother’s ashes to China—to her, an unknown country. In a territory inhabited by the ghosts of the living and the dead, Liya’s memories are joined by those of two others: Zhu Wen, the woman last to know Su Lan before she left China, and Yongzong, the father Liya has never known. In this way a portrait of Su Lan emerges: an ambitious scientist, an ambivalent mother, and a woman whose relationship to her own past shapes and ultimately unmakes Liya’s own sense of displacement. A story of migrations literal and emotional, spanning time, space and class, Little Gods is a sharp yet expansive exploration of the aftermath of unfulfilled dreams, an immigrant story in negative that grapples with our tenuous connections to memory, history, and self.