num_pages: 446
description: Ruth Young and her widowed mother, LuLing, have always had a tumultuous relationship. Now, before she succumbs to forgetfulness, LuLing gives Ruth some of her writings, which reveal a side of LuLing that Ruth has never known. . . .In a remote mountain village where ghosts and tradition rule, LuLing grows up in the care of her mute Precious Auntie as the family endures a curse laid upon a relative known as the bonesetter. When headstrong LuLing rejects the marriage proposal of the coffinmaker, a shocking series of events are set in motion–all of which lead back to Ruth and LuLing in modern San Francisco. The truth that Ruth learns from her mother’s past will forever change her perception of family, love, and forgiveness.
language: German
title: Das Tuschezeichen
titlecomplete: Das Tuschezeichen
characters: Bibi Tersayang, GaoLing, Ruth Young, LuLing
genres: Historical, Asian Literature, Audiobook, Novels, Asia, Adult, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary, China
ratings_count: 127793
places: San Francisco, California, China
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Goldmann