Amanda Lee Koe: Sister Snake, Gebunden
Sister Snake
- A Novel
- Publisher:
- Harper Collins Publ. USA, 12/2024
- Binding:
- Gebunden
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780063355064
- Item number:
- 11742873
- Volume:
- 272 Pages
- Weight:
- 454 g
- Format:
- 210 x 140 mm
- Thickness:
- 21 mm
- Release date:
- 3.12.2024
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
Other releases of Sister Snake |
Price |
|---|---|
| Buch, Kartoniert / Broschiert, Englisch | EUR 17.95* |
| Buch, Gebunden | EUR 24.00* |
Blurb
A glittering, bold, darkly funny novel about two sisters---one in New York, one in Singapore---who are bound by an ancient secret
Sisterhood is difficult for Su and Emerald. Su leads a sheltered, moneyed life as the picture-perfect wife of a conservative politician in Singapore. Emerald is a nihilistic sugar baby in New York, living from whim to whim and using her charms to make ends meet. But they share a secret: once, they were snakes, basking under a full moon in Tang dynasty China.
A thousand years later, their mysterious history is the only thing still binding them together. When Emerald experiences a violent encounter in Central Park and Su boards the next flight to New York, the two reach a tenuous reconciliation for the first time in decades. Su convinces Emerald to move to Singapore so she can keep an eye on her---but she soon begins to worry that Emerald's irrepressible behavior will out them both, in a sparkling, affluent city where everything runs like clockwork and any deviation from the norm is automatically suspect.
Razor-sharp, hilarious, and raw in emotion, Sister Snakeexplores chosen family, queerness, passing, and the struggle against conformity. Reimagining the Chinese folktale "The Legend of the White Snake," this is a novel about being seen for who you are---and, ultimately, how to live free.