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Praise for The Green Phoenix from L.A. Review of Books China Channel
Reading this commending review of my novel on the LARB China Channel has certainly made my day! Thank you so much, Jeremiah!
https://chinachannel.org/2017/12/18/g...
Having a historian praise my historical novel on a popular scholarly media platform is perhaps the best reward I could ask for :) It makes my years of hard work seem all worth it!
Here are some quotes from the review:-
“Where the novel really shines is in the level of historical detail. Poon gives sumptuous descriptions of dress and hairstyles. Lavish dinners and quick snacks are laid before the reader in such a way as to inspire hunger pangs. The early years of Bumbutai’s life, both at home in the Mongolian Steppe and in Hung Taiji’s palace in what is today Shenyang, particularly come to life with a vivid array of colors, textures, and sensations.”
“The style of the work owes a debt to the famous wuxia novels of Louis Cha (aka Jin Yong). Some passages are lush to the point of being florid, but Alice Poon’s novel is, at heart a, romance of two kingdoms. She breathes fresh life into characters who do not often find their way into English-language fiction, and does an excellent job of bringing to the page the story of a woman who was the foundation upon which an empire that lasted over 268 years was built.”
https://chinachannel.org/2017/12/18/g...
Having a historian praise my historical novel on a popular scholarly media platform is perhaps the best reward I could ask for :) It makes my years of hard work seem all worth it!
Here are some quotes from the review:-
“Where the novel really shines is in the level of historical detail. Poon gives sumptuous descriptions of dress and hairstyles. Lavish dinners and quick snacks are laid before the reader in such a way as to inspire hunger pangs. The early years of Bumbutai’s life, both at home in the Mongolian Steppe and in Hung Taiji’s palace in what is today Shenyang, particularly come to life with a vivid array of colors, textures, and sensations.”
“The style of the work owes a debt to the famous wuxia novels of Louis Cha (aka Jin Yong). Some passages are lush to the point of being florid, but Alice Poon’s novel is, at heart a, romance of two kingdoms. She breathes fresh life into characters who do not often find their way into English-language fiction, and does an excellent job of bringing to the page the story of a woman who was the foundation upon which an empire that lasted over 268 years was built.”
Published on December 18, 2017 14:04
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book-reviews, chinese-history, larb-china-channel, the-green-phoenix