by John Lanchester · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429753097
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«El port de les aromes» is the novel by John Lanchester, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (336 pages, in Catalan).
In 1935, Tom Stewart travels to Hong Kong, where Maria, a Chinese nun, teaches him the language that will open the city's doors to him. Years later he crosses paths with Dawn Stone, a cynical journalist, and Matthew Ho, a refugee marked by the Cultural Revolution. The city, witness to wars and changes, frames a story about love, power and betrayal.
Catalan edition translated by Joan Puntí Recasens; the English original, Fragrant Harbor, was published in 2002. This edition won the Premi Llibreter for fiction in 2005.
For readers of historical and contemporary fiction, with an interest in the history of Hong Kong and ensemble plots.
John Henry Lanchester is a British journalist and novelist.
