The Red Thread

Haunting. Enchanting. Exquisite.

By: Nicholas Jose

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Paperback | 20 July 2009 | Edition Number 1

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The Red Thread takes one of China’s most cherished tales and turns it into a novel of desire and destiny.

Shen is a young appraiser for an auction house in glittering, turbulent present-day Shanghai. Ruth is an Australian artist he meets, it seems, by chance. And Han is a beautiful, enigmatic woman who complicates their relationship.

Their lives mysteriously mirror the characters in an old book, Six Chapters of a Floating Life – a book missing its ending. Shen’s search for those lost chapters moves from curiosity to desperation as he realises that the fate of the lovers depends upon it.

Shen acquires an ancient but incomplete book. With his girlfriend, Ruth, an Australian artist, they become enmeshed in the ancient text when they discover that the book's characters and events coincide with their own lives.

About the Author

Nicholas Jose lives in Sydney. He grew up in South Australia and has lived and worked in Britain, Italy and China. He has published short stories, essays and translations and several acclaimed novels, and has written widely on contemporary Asian and Australian culture. He is one of Australia's most orginal writers.

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