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A carregar... Dragon Bones (2003)por Lisa See
   Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro.   ) MaryHeleneMele | May 6, 2019 |  This was an interesting mix of ancient Chinese culture, artifacts and myths, and current Chinese culture, government corruption, politics and cults. I didn’t always like the unnecessary risks Liu took while investigating. It was explained as part of her struggle with her culture’s idea about women but sometimes it just seemed like really bad decisions. The ending was not very believable. I thought this was an uneven story where I liked some parts of it but not others. (  ) gaylebutz | Jul 22, 2018 | Having just returned from a tour of China I was really interested in the locales of the story and the heritage of the Chinese people. The story explains many of the traditions of the former emperors, the beliefs in symbolism and mythology. I have not read any of Lisa See’s books but I was able to catch on to her past and her sense of alienation among Chinese investigators and witnesses. The case involves the embezzling of icons from a site on the river that will soon be flooded by the Three Gorges Dam and the ritualistic murder of a researcher and an antique dealer. Good story. (  ) MaggieFlo | Jun 11, 2018 | ) RachelNF | Jan 15, 2016 |  )1  sumariotter | Nov 2, 2011 | sem crÃticas | adicionar uma crÃtica
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HTML:When the body of an American archaeologist is found floating in the Yangzi River, Ministry of Public Security agent Liu Hulan and her husband, American attorney David Stark, are dispatched to Site 518 to investigate. As Hulan scrutinizes this deathâ??or is it a murder?â??David, on behalf of the National Relics Bureau, tries to discover who has stolen from the site an artifact that may prove to the world Chinaâ??s claim that it is the oldest uninterrupted civilization on earth. This artifact is not only an object of great monetary value but one that is emblematic of the very soul of China. Everyoneâ??from the Chinese government, to a religious cult, to an unscrupulous American art collectorâ??wants this relic, and some, it seems, may be willing to kill to get it. At stake in this investigation is control of Chinaâ??s history and national pride, and even stability between China and the United States. The troubled Hulan must overcome her own fears of failure, while David tries desperately to break through the shell that has built up around his wife. As Hulan and David are enmeshed in international schemes for power and the turbulence of their own relationship, these hunters after the truth become the huntedâ??in a fast-driving narrative set against the backdrop of the building of the Three Gorges Dam, the largest and most expensive project China has undertaken since the Great Wall and the subject of great international debate. It is here, in the heart of the Three Gorges, that David and Hulan will battle their enemies and their own natures to see who will win Chinaâ??s dragon bones. Dragon Bones combines ancient myth with contemporary anxieties concerning religious fanaticism and terrorism to tell a story of love, betrayal, history, ecology, Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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