

Leiyin is alternately joyful and pained as she remembers the moments of her youth. She must revisit her life to right whatever wrong is keeping her from going on to reincarnation. According to Chinese tradition, she joins her soul, trapped in the space between Earth and the afterlife. “In the midst of civil war on the eve of the Chinese Revolution, Song Leiyin awakens to find herself rising above her own funeral. 2014 IO9 All the SF and Fantasy Books You Can't Miss in February! Nice of IO9 to spot the cross-genre content of Three Souls!

highly recommended as a wonderful read and an experience of creative, brilliant writing."įeb.

Editors' Choice. "A remarkable, exquisite work of historical fiction. (she) skillfully weaves China’s story with the fate of her characters, giving the novel a tone of importance that never becomes dull or pedantic."įeb. Chang’s debut novel, “Three Souls,” is a delightful exception. creating a world so vivid you didn’t want to see it end. " Too many novels today lack a sense of sweeping time. Book review in Chinese language women's online publication.
