An elegant and multi-layered novel, drawing comparisons with Memoirs of a Geisha and The English Patient, The Red Thread is rich, moving and unforgettable. Set in contemporary Shanghai, it is the story of an intense passion between Shen, a Chinese art dealer, and Ruth, a young Australian woman. As they fall in love, Shen finds that their lives are strangely mirrored in a rare Chinese manuscript which is nearly two hundred years old and of which the last two chapters have never been found. When Ruth falls prey to a terminal ...
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An elegant and multi-layered novel, drawing comparisons with Memoirs of a Geisha and The English Patient, The Red Thread is rich, moving and unforgettable. Set in contemporary Shanghai, it is the story of an intense passion between Shen, a Chinese art dealer, and Ruth, a young Australian woman. As they fall in love, Shen finds that their lives are strangely mirrored in a rare Chinese manuscript which is nearly two hundred years old and of which the last two chapters have never been found. When Ruth falls prey to a terminal illness, Shen embarks on a desperate quest for the missing chapters hoping somehow to find a cure for the disease. But time is running out ...
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Add this copy of The Red Thread to cart. $14.99, good condition, Sold by Brit Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milton Keynes, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2001 by Faber & Faber.
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Add this copy of The Red Thread to cart. $15.00, very good condition, Sold by Jeff Hirsch Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wadsworth, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Chronicle Books.
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First edition. Softcover. Advance reading copy. 256 pages. A novel from this Australian author. A clean very near fine copy in wrappers with some very minor wear.
Add this copy of The Red Thread to cart. $15.41, very good condition, Sold by Kennys.ie rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, IRELAND, published 2000 by Faber & Faber.
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Add this copy of The Red Thread to cart. $20.00, very good condition, Sold by Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hadley, MA, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Chronicle Books.
Add this copy of Red Thread to cart. $27.88, new condition, Sold by Basi6 International rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Irving, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Faber & Faber.
Add this copy of Red Thread to cart. $44.93, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Faber & Faber.
Add this copy of Red Thread to cart. $77.07, new condition, Sold by Just one more Chapter rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Miramar, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Faber & Faber.
