num_pages: 384
description: From a spellbinding storyteller comes a highly original, inventive novel that transports us to another world. In the small Chinese town of Shaoyang, times are changing rapidly, and the villagers are struggling to keep up with a China that has transformed radically not only since 1949 but since 1989 and the turbulent days of the protests of Tiananmen Square. The colorful array of characters in this touching, funny and memorable novel come from various generations and all corners of the village -- like Madame Fan, who sings opera from her balcony each morning and is trying to marry off her young daughter Peach, and Da Shan, who has returned home with newfound wealth from the big city to a town he no longer recognizes. Justin Hill has written a beautiful, utterly memorable, and tender story about the clash of the old world and the new.
language: English
title: The Drink and Dream Teahouse
titlecomplete: The Drink and Dream Teahouse
genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Asia, China
ratings_count: 253
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Betty Trask Award
publisher: Back Bay Books