Sam Meekings's debut novel, Under Fishbone Clouds, is a quiet and thoughtful tale that follows the marriage of Bian Yuying and Hou Jinyi for over 54 years, from through In telling their story, Meekings mixes the beauty of Chinese culture with the brutality of its history—famine, disease, Civil War, Japanese occupation, and the Cultural Revolution led by Mao Zedong—while illustrating, with great . · In the historical novel “Under Fishbone Clouds” one character pauses to contemplate the failure of Chairman Mao’s Cultural Revolution and its grandiose plans to change the www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 5 mins. Book Summary. Sam Meekings's remarkable debut novel showcases his luminous, poetic writing, as well as insights that belong to a writer twice his age. Part love story and part historical narrative, Under Fishbone Clouds carries the weight and beauty of a lifetime's achievement. Under Fishbone Clouds is a universal love story, a family saga, and a journey through Chinese history, myth, and culture.
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“An unlikely love story set against the events of the last half-century in China a poetic evocation of the country and its people.” —The New York TimesUnder Fishbone Clouds is a love story, a family saga and a compendium of Chinese history, folklore, myth and culture. Meet Sam Meekings, talking about his debut novel Under Fishbone Clouds. Under Fishbone Clouds is written by debut author Sam Meekings, who grew up near the south coast of England and currently resides in China. It is absolutely remarkable that the author is under 30; the book if full of grav. If this book doesn’t attain the high readership it deserves, there is no justice.
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