She writes historical fiction with a personal connection, drawing from family history and ancestral stories. Chang has a degree in computer science and is a graduate of the Writer’s Studio Program /5(9). · She writes historical fiction with a personal connection, drawing from family history and ancestral stories. Chang has a degree in computer science and is a graduate of the Writer’s Studio Program at Simon Fraser University. She is the author of Three Souls and Dragon Springs bltadwin.ru: HarperCollins Publishers. Dragon Springs Road by Janie Chang, is, simply put, a beautiful novel. The novel deals with identity, otherness, race and struggle. With a hint of the magical. It combines the real with the ethereal and it was a truly enjoyable experience. Read our full review here.4/5.
Dragon Springs Road by Janie Chang From the author of THREE SOULS comes a vividly imagined and haunting new novel set in early 20th-century Shanghai a story of friendship, heartbreak and history that follows a young Eurasian orphan's search for her long-lost mother. "Filled with enchantment and intrigue" (Toronto Star) and "a great choice for a book club" (The Huffington Post), Dragon Springs Road takes readers on an evocative journey a century in the past and half a world bltadwin.ru early-twentieth-century Shanghai, an ancient imperial dynasty collapses, a new government struggles to life and two girls are bound together in a friendship that will be. by Janie Chang. 1. What was the longest time you were ever left alone as a child? 2. One of the central themes in DRAGON SPRINGS ROAD is that of identity and belonging. Which story elements echo this theme? 3. DRAGON SPRINGS ROAD is set during a time of great social and political upheaval. Discuss how grandmother Yang's reactions to change.
“Dragon Springs Road is simply one of the best novels I have read in a long time. With her lyrical, heartfelt portrait of a vanished world, and her creation of a heroine whose struggles and victories tore at my heart, Janie Chang has created an enchanting and unforgettable book. I recommend it unreservedly.”. She writes historical fiction with a personal connection, drawing from family history and ancestral stories. Chang has a degree in computer science and is a graduate of the Writer’s Studio Program at Simon Fraser University. She is the author of Three Souls and Dragon Springs Road. It is a relief that Chang replaced an idealistic, romanticized narrative with a story rooted in hardship, hope, and questions of belonging. Set in Shanghai at the turn of the 20th century, Dragon Springs Road traces the journey of seven-year-old Jialing, who is abandoned by her mother in the courtyard of a sprawling estate. Taken in as a bond servant by the Yang family, the estate owners, Jialing forms a friendship with the eldest daughter Anjuin, and befriends Fox, a spirit who has been.
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