A thin slice of heaven / Thin slice of heaven = Tiāntáng bópiàn

Wah, Paul, 1932-

A thin slice of heaven / Thin slice of heaven = Tiāntáng bópiàn Paul Wah. - 367 pages ; 21 cm

Novel.

A historical novel recounting the adventures of the author's great-grandfather, Ng Leung Kee, who migrated to New Zealand in 1880 and set up a successful Chinese merchant business in Wellington. Ng Leung Kee returned to Tiansum, China in 1922, to take his grandson Leslie to receive a Chinese education. They faced significant challenges, including the kidnapping of Leslie by bandits, during a period of tumultuous political, economic and social conditions in China.

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Ng, Leung Kee--Fiction.


Emigration and immigration--Fiction.
Kidnapping--Fiction.


Guangdong Sheng (China)--Politics and government--Fiction.
Guangdong Sheng (China)--Social conditions--Fiction.
Wellington (N.Z.)--Fiction.


New Zealand fiction--21st century.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.

NZ823.3

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