TWIN LOTUSES HC (Backorder, Allow 4-5 Weeks)

Love is never lost . . . Fan is a young Chinese engineer who lost his wife in a Japanese bombing raid in 1937. Mingfeng was a popular performer at the local opera¸ and he is devastated by the loss. Distraught¸ he builds an extraordinary automaton that replaces her at the theater. Meanwhile¸ war rages throughout the city¸ and orphaned children run wild under the direction of local potentates in an attempt to thrive and survive. When those potentates take notice of the mysterious beauty¸ suspicions and desires start to grow. Mix in an American airman and the tensions of war¸ and things build to an explosive finale. Masterfully mixing a snapshot of war-torn China with the philosophical sci-fi questions of a Philip K. Dick novel¸ Twin Lotuses is a beautifully illustrated story capturing an ugly time and the flicker of hope¸ love¸ and ambition that shone through it all.