![]() ![]() But anchoring this dazzling, propulsive novel is the intimate coming-of-age of a child and a young woman, each searching for their place in a society that would prefer they stay invisible. Yangsze Choo’s The Night Tiger pulls us into a world of servants and masters, age-old superstition and modern idealism, sibling rivalry, and forbidden love. Ji Lin and Ren’s increasingly dangerous paths crisscross through lush plantations, hospital storage rooms, and ghostly dreamscapes. Ren has 49 days to do so, or his master’s soul will wander the earth forever.Īs the days tick relentlessly by, a series of unexplained deaths racks the district, along with whispers of men who turn into tigers. But when one of her dance partners accidentally leaves behind a gruesome souvenir, Ji Lin plunges into a dark adventure: a mirror world of secrets and superstitions.Įleven-year-old houseboy Ren is also on a mission, racing to fulfill his former master’s dying wish: that Ren finds the man’s finger, lost years ago in an accident, and buries it with his body. ![]() Quick-witted, ambitious Ji Lin is stuck as an apprentice dressmaker, moonlighting as a dancehall girl to help pay off her mother’s Mahjong debts. ![]()
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