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Ebook About The eagerly awaited English translation of award-winning author Zhang Ling’s epic and intimate novel about the devastation of war, forgiveness, redemption, and the enduring power of love.On the day of the historic 1945 Jewel Voice Broadcast—in which Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s surrender to the Allied forces, bringing an end to World War II—three men, flush with jubilation, made a pact. After their deaths, each year on the anniversary of the broadcast, their souls would return to the Chinese village of their younger days. It’s where they had fought—and survived—a war that shook the world and changed their own lives in unimaginable ways. Now, seventy years later, the pledge is being fulfilled by American missionary Pastor Billy, brash gunner’s mate Ian Ferguson, and local soldier Liu Zhaohu.All that’s missing is Ah Yan—also known as Swallow—the girl each man loved, each in his own profound way.As they unravel their personal stories of the war, and of the woman who touched them so deeply during that unforgiving time, the story of Ah Yan’s life begins to take shape, woven into view by their memories. A woman who had suffered unspeakable atrocities, and yet found the grace and dignity to survive, she’d been the one to bring them together. And it is her spark of humanity, still burning brightly, that gives these ghosts of the past the courage to look back on everything they endured and remember the woman they lost.Book A Single Swallow Review :
When I chose this First Reads book, there was only one other review up - a one-star review. I read the review and the book’s description. I thought that this work of literary fiction by an award-winning author could not possibly be as bad as all that … could it? So I decided to find out for myself.Worth noting is that the author is a woman, so we are in fact reading a woman’s voice as she depicts through the eyes of men the woman who is so central to this story.The three men in question are William E. Macmillan (an American medical doctor), Ian Ferguson (a gunner’s mate Naval Group China), and Liu Zhaohu (a Chinese officer in training). They are in China when the Japanese emperor makes his war-ending announcement and their post-mortem rendezvous thus take place in China. (This all makes sense since the author is originally from China.)I find this book to be extremely well written. I often wonder if people who stumble upon literary fiction and give it negative reviews are just unfamiliar with what really good writing looks like. This book is well written, clever, and original - not an easy feat.UPDATE: For those of you interested in following this bickerfest between two of Amazon’s Top 20 reviewers, here is my snappy comeback to the other reviewer’s “update”. My review was not an ad hominem attack. I referenced the 1-star review in my first paragraph. Nothing wrong with that. I generally read other reviews before posting my own and often respond, as it were, to other reviewers’ experiences; I pay particular attention to the negative reviews and share whether I had a similar experience with the product. As to my final paragraph, nothing is amiss there, either. Not every product is suitable for every person. For example, I take issue with middle-aged men writing negative reviews of children’s movies which my daughter enjoyed and for which they were clearly not the target audience. Literary fiction is not everyone’s cup of tea, and that’s just fine. Mysteries and thrillers are not mine.What I find particularly disturbing about this 1-star review is that the reviewer posted reviews of 6 of the First Reads books before 1pm on First Reads Day and gave two of them 1 star. I do not think you have to read every word of a book to form an opinion of it (although that helps), but unless a book is truly dreadful (which this one is not) a reviewer really has no business giving a 1-star review to an unread book. Add to that the little factoid that First Reads is a known path to accumulating helpful votes, and you can get a good sense of what is going on here. One final tidbit: Setting up a review to become the Top Critical Review is sure to lead to even more helpful votes over time. Getting that review posted first is a golden opportunity, and one which the other reviewer clearly recognizes.As for the posting of credentials, putting aside for the moment that anyone can claim anything on the internet, I’ll gladly stack up my three graduate degrees and decades of writing, proofreading, and editing experience against any reviewer’s. (But really, why?) And I would do so without arrogantly adding that a book labeled literary fiction isn’t because somehow in a post-factual world, opinion counts for more than reality. The premise and setup of this book seemed interesting when I read the book’s description, but I don't think it was executed well. This book is told mainly from the perspectives of the ghosts of three men who happened to be together on the day that Emperor Hirohito surrendered, putting an end to the Japanese part of World War II. These men decided they would return and reminisce after their deaths. What they mostly reminisce about is a woman who played a key role in each of their lives. We learn much about this woman, but only through these men's eyes, which limits what we can truly know of her. In a time when we are trying to give women and girls more of a voice and a place at the table, so to speak, it seems strange to only know this woman as these others see her. Their thoughts about her are often self-serving or reveal more about the men than her. She has no voice here of her own. As such, I didn't feel like I could connect with her because she didn’t come across as a real, flesh-and-blood female—believable and relatable. At times, she felt like a caricature or stereotype, a woman much abused and perhaps remembered as too perfect by the men who knew her.In terms of writing style, the author told more often than she showed. There is a reason why there is an adage in writing that authors should “show, not tell.” It is distancing, can often provide too much irrelevant information, and makes you crave for something to actually happen in front of you. The heavy reliance on telling had just such negative effects here. And I felt like the book completely lost me when it switched from having the three ghost perspectives to having dogs as narrators. Yes, I said dogs! At first, I couldn't quite believe what I was reading.This story had potential, but it just was not realized.TRIGGER WARNING: War violence, sexual assaultUPDATE: I'm not quite sure why other reviewers stoop to the level of making ad hominem attacks (attacking the person, not their ideas) on another's review. I have been a proofreader and editor for over 30 years, and I stand by my review. Even if I saw this as literary fiction (and I don't), not all literary fiction is good.If you are unsure about this book seeing two such different reviews, I suggest you check out the 10% preview available here on Amazon. If you think that is well written, you may enjoy the rest of the book... and at least you've been warned about the dog narrators! If you agree that it's mostly telling—and most of the book is like that—then make another choice this month for your First Reads!I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review. 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