by Anchee Min · DEBOLSILLO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497935227
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«La ciudad prohibida» is the historical novel by Anchee Min, published by Debolsillo in paperback (496 pages, in Spanish).
Set in the twilight of the Qing dynasty, the novel follows Orchid, a seventeen-year-old aristocrat whose family has lost its fortune. At the court of Peking, her beauty and cunning take her from concubine to Empress of China, in a tale of ambition and imperial splendor that portrays a world on the verge of extinction.
Originally published as Empress Orchid, it is the first installment of the series of the same title; translated by Teresa Camprodon.
Recommended for readers of historical and biographical fiction, especially those seeking novels about imperial China and its last dynasties.
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.
