A haunting, ghostly love story a la Romeo and Juliet of the Orient. In 1940s, during the Second World War, they met each other on the bending shore of the Yangtze River. She fell in love with the much younger stranger. However, he couldn’t love her back, and she couldn’t love him if she would have known why he had hunted her down all over China to tell her a dark secret…
''Butterfly is a tour de force...James Joyce of the Orient." Leanne Delehanty, author and visual artist
"A passionate piece of prose full of unexpected wonderment" Ma Jian, novelist, author of Beijing Coma
"Scratching, tearing. We tear with it as it tears at us -- wounding, destroying even, but never devastating, for amidst everything there is laughter." Jeremy Fernado, Jean Baudrillard Fellow at The European Graduate School and author of various publications. He works in the intersections of literature, philosophy, and the media.
"...this is nothing like I’ve read before. The writing style is "different” , somewhat a la Haruki Murakami." The Vault of Books
"...one book I really enjoyed...a mesmerising literary work which melds fantasy with reality and past with present, to weave a story of love and forgiveness. O'Yang is an artist and her affinity and appreciation of natural beauty is apparent with powerful and original imagery." Dionne Lister, Australian writer
"History is written only once, so is Butterfly by Julie O’Yang. I would regard this as one of the best books I have ever read...for this extraordinary work of literature is filled with jaw-dromysteries in every page. Reading this book reminds me of Arundhati Roy’s ‘The God of Small Things’, a Man Booker Prize Winner for the year 1997. Through the eyes of a young boy who is just capable enough of carrying satchel to the classroom, I would never regard Julie’s work as a work of the wrinkled times, for, great stories remain in the minds of the reader for the years to come irrespective of the age." Trishit Banerjee, Young Chronicle
"A book that has all the essential ingredients that makes a bestseller. There never seems to be a damp moment with the right choice of words. The book moves at a smooth pace throughout, and ends beautifully on the bank of the Yangtze River." Creative Ecstasy
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