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Descripción hardcover. Condición: new. Product DescriptionAn Instant New York Times BestsellerA BuzzFeed Best Young Adult Book of 2020Perfect for fans of The Last Magician and Serpent Dove this heartstopping debut is an imaginative Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1920s Shanghai with rival gangs and a monster in the depths of the Huangpu RiverThe year is 1926 and Shanghai hums to the tune of debaucheryA blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos At the heart of it all is eighteenyearold Juliette Cai a former flapper who has returned to assume her role as the proud heir of the Scarlet Ganga network of criminals far above the law Their only rivals in power are the White Flowers who have fought the Scarlets for generations And behind every move is their heir Roma Montagov Juliettes first loveand first betrayalBut when gangsters on both sides show signs of instability culminating in clawing their own throats out the people start to whisper Of a contagion a madness Of a monster in the shadows As the deaths stack up Juliette and Roma must set their gunsand grudgesaside and work together for if they cant stop this mayhem then there will be no city left for either to ruleFrom School Library JournalGr 8 UpInstalove reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet occurred four years before this story begins leaving Juliette and Roma the bitterest of exes Juliette Cai daughter and heir to Lord Cai of the Scarlet Gang has returned from New York to find Shanghai drastically changed from the city she and Roma talked about ruling Foreigners have taken chunks of the city leaving the Russian White Flowersruled by the Montagovsand the Scarlets to fight over whats left Now an infectious madness spreads through both gangs leaving its victims to claw their own throats out When Romas little sister Alisa is infected he teams up with Juliette to hunt down the cause and the cure The cast of characters is diverse in ethnicities and identities Roma and his cousin Benedikt are white and their fellow White Flower Marshall Seo is Korean and queer Juliette and her twin cousins Kathleen and Rosalind are Chinese Kathleen is a trans woman Gong combines starcrossed lovers with a gripping mystery violent blood feud and the glamour of 1926 Shanghai turning the familiar play into a story readers have never seen before Shakespeare fans will feel rewarded by parallels in the retelling but Gongs writing has a sharp wit and offers new thrilling stakes for all her readers VERDICT Gongs debut is not to be missed With a dazzling setting a mysterious series of murders and diverse unapologetically criminal characters this novel ranks with the greatest YA retellingsEmmy Neal Lake Forest Lib ILac Copyright 2011 Library Journals LLC a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source Inc No redistribution permittedReviewThe Bard would surely approve The New York Times Book ReviewA deliciously dark twist on Romeo and Juliet that feels vibrant modern and wholly exciting Gongs writing brims with energy I was swept away to her dark Shanghai from the first page and never wanted to leave Natasha Ngan New York Times bestselling author of Girls of Paper and FireChloe Gongs These Violent Delights cuts to the heart of twentiethcentury China with its scalpelsharp prose and steelspirited protagonists Juliette Cai and Roma Montagov shine brighter than the glitz and glamour of historical Shanghai sparks fly when they clash in this actionpacked story set amidst a backdrop of blood feuds gang wars and political upheaval Amelie Wen Zhao author of Blood HeirChloe Gongs These Violent Delights plants a Shakespearean classic in the rich soil of 1920s Shanghai allowing her characters to grow flourish and steal your heart while warring against their own Joan He author of Descendant of the CraneHeady smart and vicious These Violent Delights strikes ev. Nº de ref. del artículo: BKZN9781534457690
Descripción hardcover. Condición: new. Product DescriptionAn Instant New York Times BestsellerA BuzzFeed Best Young Adult Book of 2020Perfect for fans of The Last Magician and Serpent Dove this heartstopping debut is an imaginative Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1920s Shanghai with rival gangs and a monster in the depths of the Huangpu RiverThe year is 1926 and Shanghai hums to the tune of debaucheryA blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos At the heart of it all is eighteenyearold Juliette Cai a former flapper who has returned to assume her role as the proud heir of the Scarlet Ganga network of criminals far above the law Their only rivals in power are the White Flowers who have fought the Scarlets for generations And behind every move is their heir Roma Montagov Juliettes first loveand first betrayalBut when gangsters on both sides show signs of instability culminating in clawing their own throats out the people start to whisper Of a contagion a madness Of a monster in the shadows As the deaths stack up Juliette and Roma must set their gunsand grudgesaside and work together for if they cant stop this mayhem then there will be no city left for either to ruleFrom School Library JournalGr 8 UpInstalove reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet occurred four years before this story begins leaving Juliette and Roma the bitterest of exes Juliette Cai daughter and heir to Lord Cai of the Scarlet Gang has returned from New York to find Shanghai drastically changed from the city she and Roma talked about ruling Foreigners have taken chunks of the city leaving the Russian White Flowersruled by the Montagovsand the Scarlets to fight over whats left Now an infectious madness spreads through both gangs leaving its victims to claw their own throats out When Romas little sister Alisa is infected he teams up with Juliette to hunt down the cause and the cure The cast of characters is diverse in ethnicities and identities Roma and his cousin Benedikt are white and their fellow White Flower Marshall Seo is Korean and queer Juliette and her twin cousins Kathleen and Rosalind are Chinese Kathleen is a trans woman Gong combines starcrossed lovers with a gripping mystery violent blood feud and the glamour of 1926 Shanghai turning the familiar play into a story readers have never seen before Shakespeare fans will feel rewarded by parallels in the retelling but Gongs writing has a sharp wit and offers new thrilling stakes for all her readers VERDICT Gongs debut is not to be missed With a dazzling setting a mysterious series of murders and diverse unapologetically criminal characters this novel ranks with the greatest YA retellingsEmmy Neal Lake Forest Lib ILac Copyright 2011 Library Journals LLC a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source Inc No redistribution permittedReviewThe Bard would surely approve The New York Times Book ReviewA deliciously dark twist on Romeo and Juliet that feels vibrant modern and wholly exciting Gongs writing brims with energy I was swept away to her dark Shanghai from the first page and never wanted to leave Natasha Ngan New York Times bestselling author of Girls of Paper and FireChloe Gongs These Violent Delights cuts to the heart of twentiethcentury China with its scalpelsharp prose and steelspirited protagonists Juliette Cai and Roma Montagov shine brighter than the glitz and glamour of historical Shanghai sparks fly when they clash in this actionpacked story set amidst a backdrop of blood feuds gang wars and political upheaval Amelie Wen Zhao author of Blood HeirChloe Gongs These Violent Delights plants a Shakespearean classic in the rich soil of 1920s Shanghai allowing her characters to grow flourish and steal your heart while warring against their own Joan He author of Descendant of the CraneHeady smart and vicious These Violent Delights strikes ev. Nº de ref. del artículo: DADAX1534457690
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