The night tiger
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Flatiron Books, 2019.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 25 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
Fiction Choo, Y
1 available
Fiction Choo, Y
1 available
Oliver La Farge - Adult
Fiction Choo, Y
1 available
Fiction Choo, Y
1 available
Southside - Adult
Fiction Choo, Y
1 available
Fiction Choo, Y
1 available
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Main Library - Adult | Fiction Choo, Y | On Shelf |
Oliver La Farge - Adult | Fiction Choo, Y | On Shelf |
Southside - Adult | Fiction Choo, Y | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Flatiron Books, 2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
Quick-witted, ambitious Ji Lin is stuck as an apprentice dressmaker, moonlighting as a dancehall girl to help pay off her mother's Mahjong debts. But when one of her dance partners accidentally leaves behind a gruesome souvenir, Ji Lin may finally get the adventure she has been longing for. Eleven-year-old houseboy Ren is also on a mission, racing to fulfill his former master's dying wish: that Ren find the man's finger, lost years ago in an accident, and bury it with his body. Ren has 49 days to do so, or his master's soul will wander the earth forever. As the days tick relentlessly by, a series of unexplained deaths racks the district, along with whispers of men who turn into tigers. Ji Lin and Ren's increasingly dangerous paths crisscross through lush plantations, hospital storage rooms, and ghostly dreamscapes. Yangsze Choo's The Night Tiger pulls us into a world of servants and masters, age-old superstition and modern idealism, sibling rivalry and forbidden love. But anchoring this dazzling, propulsive novel is the intimate coming-of-age of a child and a young woman, each searching for their place in a society that would rather they stay invisible.
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