by Anchee Min · Grijalbo Mondadori · tapa dura · ISBN 9788425338458
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«La ciudad prohibida» is the historical novel by Anchee Min, published by Grijalbo Mondadori in hardcover (416 pages, in Spanish).
The court of 19th-century China, Empress Tzu Shi and the walls of the Forbidden City are the setting of this novel. Through the life of the protagonist in the imperial residence, the plot interweaves rites, alliances and rivalries, and shows how the desire for power and survival mark the destiny of those who live alongside the emperor.
The work is the first installment of the Empress Orchid series; its original title is Empress Orchid.
For readers of historical fiction and period drama with palace intrigues and a female protagonist.
Anchee Min is a Chinese-American author who lives in San Francisco and Shanghai. Min has published two memoirs, Red Azalea and The Cooked Seed: A Memoir, and six historical novels. Her fiction emphasizes strong female characters, such as Jiang Qing, the wife of chairman Mao Zedong, and Empress Dowager Cixi, the last ruling empress of China.
