紐約時報暢銷作家
《喜福會》譚恩美 (Amy Tan)
《堅強淑女偵探社》亞力山大．梅可．史密斯
英國獨立報(The Independent)、英國最大的連鎖書店Waterstones等媒體好評推薦
結合東西方文化的新生代英國新銳作家
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St Martin’s Press in the US, Japan and Greece
Reviews
Starred Review. Meekings explores in his accomplished debut the inner workings of a Chinese couple’s marriage before, during, and after the Cultural Revolution. Told from the perspective of the Kitchen God, who has been challenged by the Jade Emperor to unravel the mysteries of the human heart, the tale begins in 1946 as Jinyi and Yuying are soon to be wed. Skipping back to 1942 and 1944 to explore formative events in each one’s past, the story takes the reader on a riveting trip of unrelenting trials and tribulations ranging from the loss of three sons to enforced work camps to, in the recent past, life-threatening illness. Still, through even the longest of separations and hardships, the couple’s love endures, proving that the human spirit can rebound from the most dire of circumstances. Meekings is a bangup storyteller, and his easy handling of rich and varied material--rustic splendor, class warfare, profound anguish, drastic social changes--will keep readers rapt. This is a beautifully told love story as well as an absorbing study in Chinese folklore and history.---From Publishers Weekly
“A powerful and mesmerizing novel, both mythic and intimate. Sam Meekings has a maturity of insight and theme not commonly found in a young writer. This is a masterful accomplishment of imagination, insight, and lyricism.”---Amy Tan, New York Times bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club 《喜福會》譚恩美(Amy Tan)
“One of the great delights in life is the discovery of a new novelist of obvious talent. Sam Meekings’ debut novel, Under Fishbone Clouds is one such discovery – utterly beautiful and memorable… This is very fine storytelling that handles, with great care, life often at its most raw. Meekings presents us with the gift of a brilliant debut novel.”---Alexander McCall Smith, New York Times bestselling author of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series 《堅強淑女偵探社》 - 亞力山大．梅可．史密斯
"Meekings is a bangup storyteller, and his easy handling of rich and varied material--rustic splendor, class warfare, profound anguish, drastic social changes--will keep readers rapt. This is a beautifully told love story as well as an absorbing study in Chinese folklore and history." ---Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Lavishly imagined and skillfully narrated.”---The Independent (UK)
"Beautifully written, it is an enthralling debut."---Waterstones Book Quarterl
"Hails the arrival of an intriguing new talent."---Scotland Heral
“Nuanced, alert and intelligent”---Scotland on Sunda
“This intricate tale of love, folklore and one of the most turbulent and terrible times in modern history is as beautifully woven as a silk tapestry.”---The Lady