About the Author

Chung Yee Chong was born in Hong Kong and brought up in Singapore where she read English Literature at the University of Singapore. Upon graduation she worked briefly as a copywriter, PR and Account Executive with various international advertising agencies in Singapore. Her poems, all written while still an undergraduate, have been widely published in the Far East. She has also held solo exhibitions of her paintings in London, where she now lives. This is her debut novel.

Reviews

'A mighty novel that mourns the pain of change in China, with the old order sinking under the tidal force of Mao. This monument to political erosion should be carved in stone.'--Brian Aldiss