3.9/5
Dette er en fortelling om hemmeligheter, intriger, vennskap og lojalitet.
På bare 100 sider veves en ganske intrikat verden som man får små velplasserte glimt av. Jeg koste meg uventet mye med denne kortromanen, men den er ikke for folk som trenger lange detaljerte beskrivelser for å se for seg en setting eller verden.
Historien blir fortalt som fra en bestemor, den gamle kammertjeneren Rabbit, til et barnebarn, den unge munken Chih. Dette gir den et eventyraktig lyrisk preg som jeg likte veldig godt. Noen ting blir sagt rett ut, mye blir bare hintet, og ting som ikke blir sagt kan også være viktige. Dette er en bok jeg har tenkt å lese flere ganger, og jeg vil definitivt plukke opp neste fra Nghi Vo også!
- Line, bokansvarlig, Outland Oslo.
The Empress of Salt and Fortune
With the heart of an Atwood tale and the visuals of a classic Asian period drama, Nghi Vo's The Empress of Salt and Fortune is a tightly and lushly written narrative about empire, storytelling, and the anger of women.
A young royal from the far north, is sent south for a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of imperial China. Her brothers are dead, her armies and their war mammoths long defeated and caged behind their borders. Alone and sometimes reviled, she must choose her allies carefully.
Rabbit, a handmaiden, sold by her parents to the palace for the lack of five baskets of dye, befriends the emperor's lonely new wife and gets more than she bargained for.
At once feminist high fantasy and an indictment of monarchy, this evocative debut follows the rise of the empress In-yo, who has few resources and fewer friends. She's a northern daughter in a mage-made summer exile, but she will bend history to her will and bring down her enemies, piece by piece.
Praise for The Empress of Salt and Fortune
"An elegant gut-punch, a puzzle box that unwinds itself in its own way and in its own time. I cannot recommend it highly enough. Gorgeous. Cruel. Perfect. I didn't know I needed to read this until I did." -Seanan McGuire
"A tale of rebellion and fealty that feels both classic and fresh, The Empress of Salt and Fortune is elegantly told, strongly felt, and brimming with rich detail. An epic in miniature, beautifully realised." -Zen Cho
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