Binding: Hardcover
Description: The setting is Tonkin (northern Vietnam) at the turn of the 20th century. A boy Tai witnesses the beheading of his father a notorious bandit and sets out to recover his head and then to find the man who betrayed his father to the authorities. On this quest Tai's entire world will shift. Flesh takes the reader into dark and delightful places in the human condition places where allies are not always your friends true love hurts and your worst enemy may bring you the most comfort. In that emotionally harrowing world Tai must learn to deal with new responsibilities in his life while at the same time acknowledge his bond and his resemblance to a man he barely knew - his father. Through this story of revenge is woven a another story one of love but love purchased with the blood of murders Tai commits. A coming - of - age story but also a love story the sensuality of the author's writing style belies the sometimes brutal world he depicts.
Title: Flesh
Author(s): Khanh Ha
Publisher: Black Heron Press
Barcode: 9780930773885
Pages: 368 Pages
Publication Date: 6/15/2012
Category: Historical Fiction