· Shan Sa was born in Beijing and had her first poems, essays, and stories published at the age of eight. In her novel The Girl Who Played Go won the Goncourt Prize. The author of Empress, she is also a celebrated artist who has had prominent exhibitions in Paris and New bltadwin.ru: HarperCollins Publishers. · Shan Sa, the author of the prizewinning The Girl Who Played Go, has reached much further back in time for her latest effort, Empress, a fictional biography of Empress Shengshen, China’s only female emperor and one of history’s most legendary wicked women. As the sole woman to occupy a throne at the meeting point of heaven and earth, this extraordinary personage is perhaps a perfect fit Author: Summer Block. Empress is a great literary feat and a revelation for the ages. --This text refers to the paperback edition. About the Author. Shan Sa was born in Beijing and had her first poems, essays, and stories published at the age of eight. In her novel The Girl Who Played Go won the Goncourt Prize/5().
Writing with epic assurance, poetry, and vivid historic detail, Shan Sa plumbs the psychological and philosophical depths of what it means to be a striving mortal in a tumultuous, power-hungry world. Empress is a great literary feat and a revelation for the ages. Free sample. $ Ebook. Such is the voice of Shan Sa's unforgettable heroine in her latest literary masterpiece, Empress. Empress Wu, one of China's most controversial figures, was its first and only female emperor, who emerged in the seventh century during the great Tang Dynasty and ushered in a golden age. The strongest aspect of Shan Sa's storyline is loneliness and emotional isolation Wu Ze Tian suffers as Empress. Every day is a struggle to manage her husband (until he dies of illness), dozens of scheming Court officials, and her family members jockeying for their place in the imperial line of succession, not to mention the problems of the Tang empire itself.
Empress: Author: Shan Sa: Genre: Novel: Written: (Eng. ) Length: pages: Original. Shan Sa was born in Beijing and had her first poems, essays, and stories published at the age of eight. In her novel The Girl Who Played Go won the Goncourt Prize. The author of Empress, she is also a celebrated artist who has had prominent exhibitions in Paris and New York. Empress is a great literary feat and a revelation for the ages. --This text refers to the paperback edition. About the Author. Shan Sa was born in Beijing and had her first poems, essays, and stories published at the age of eight. In her novel The Girl Who Played Go won the Goncourt Prize.
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