The Incarnations: A Novel

The Incarnations: A Novel

New York Times Notable Book of 2015
Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of 2015
Finalist for the 2015 Kirkus Prize for Fiction
Winner of a Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize

Hailed by The New York Times for its â€œwildly ambitious...dazzling use of languageâ€ and â€œmesmerizing storytelling,â€ The Incarnations is a â€œbrilliant, mind-expanding, and wildly original novelâ€ (Chris Cleave) about a Beijing taxi driver whose past incarnations over one thousand years haunt him through searing letters sent by his mysterious soulmate.

Who are you? you must be wondering. I am your soulmate, your old friend, and I have come back to this city of sixteen million in search of you.

So begins the first letter that falls into Wangâ€™s lap as he flips down the visor in his taxi. The letters that follow are filled with the stories of Wangâ€™s previous livesâ€”from escaping a marriage to a spirit bride, to being a slave on the run from Genghis Khan, to living as a fisherman during the Opium Wars, and being a teenager on the Red Guard during the cultural revolutionâ€”bound to his mysterious â€œsoulmate,â€ spanning one thousand years of betrayal and intrigue.

As the letters continue to appear seemingly out of thin air, Wang becomes convinced that someone is watching himâ€”someone who claims to have known him for over a century. And with each letter, Wang feels the watcher growing closer and closerâ€¦

Seamlessly weaving Chinese folklore, history, literary classics, and the notion of reincarnation, this is a taut and gripping novel that reveals the cyclical nature of history as it hints that the past is never truly settled.
Country USA
Manufacturer Touchstone
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-08-18
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Touchstone
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-08-18
Format	Kindle eBook

The Incarnations: A Novel

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