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"Presents a glimpse of city life in modern China. This work captures Beijing's bustle and noise, from seedy gambling dens and cheap noodle bars to the splendour of the Forbidden City. It also examines the sometimes uneasy relationship between China's brutal communist past under Mao and its increasingly capitalist present."@en
"When family friend "Uncle" Chen hires Mei Wang, Beijing's first successful female private investigator, to find a looted Han dynasty jade of great value, Mei must delve into her family's dark secrets."@en
"Public servant, Mei Wang, leaves a government position to establish a detective agency in Beijing ; her relatives, who remember the days of the Red Guard, are fearful, as private detective agencies are illegal. In search of some family jade, Mei enters a world of semi-legality and frank criminality in the Beijing underworld. Gripping pageturner with a look at an oft-unreported area of modern day China."
"-- Guanxi Mei's family friend "Uncle" Chen hires her to find a Han dynasty jade of great value: he believes the piece was looted from the Luoyang Museum during the Cultural Revolution -- when the Red Guards swarmed the streets, destroying so many traces of the past -- and that it's currently for sale on the black market. The hunt for the eye of jade leads Mei through banquet halls and back alleys, seedy gambling dens and cheap noodle bars near the Forbidden City. Given the jade's provenance and its journey, Mei knows to treat the investigation as a most delicate matter; she cannot know, however, that this case will force her to delve not only into China's brutal history, but also into her family's dark secrets and into her own tragic separation from the man she loved in equal parts. The first novel in an exhilarating new detective series, The Eye of Jade is both a thrilling mystery and a sensual and fascinating journey through modern China."@en
"'The Eye of Jade' offers a fascinating glimpse of city life in modern China. Liang captures vividly Beijing's bustle and noise, from seedy gambling dens and cheap noodle bars to the splendour of the Forbidden City."@en
"A tale set in modern Beijing follows a detective's search for a missing artifact, in a case that illuminates less-favorable aspects of Chinese culture and the detective's own family during the Cultural Revolution."
"Mei is a modern, independent Chinese woman. She runs her own business in Beijing, working as a private investigator; she owns a car; she even has that most modern of commodities, a male secretary. One day,?Uncle? Chen - no relation but a close friend of her mother?s - comes to Mei with a case to investigate. He asks her to find the Eye of Jade, a Han dynasty artefact of great value. The Eye of Jade was taken from its museum during the years of the Cultural Revolution when Red Guards swarmed the streets, destroying many remnants of the past. Mei?s investigations reveal a story that has far more to do with the past, and her own family history, than she could ever have expected."@en
"This story forces her to delve into that dark part of China?s history, Mao?s labour camps and the countless deaths for which no-one was ever held responsible. It exposes the agonising choices made during the Revolution, to kill or be killed, to love or to live. Eye of Jade is a fascinating glimpse of city life in modern China. Liang captures vividly Beijing?s bustle and noise, from seedy gambling dens and cheap noodle bars to the splendour of the Forbidden City."@en
"Pékin, 1997. Une jolie et jeune Chinoise devient détective privé. Sa première enquête va l'entraîner malgré elle dans sa propre enfance. Premier roman."
"Present Day, Beijing. Mei Wang is a modern, independent woman. She has her own apartment, car, and business--complete with male secretary. But it is Mei's intuition, curiosity, and uncanny knack for listening that make her Beijing's first successful female private investigator. Mei is no stranger to the dark side of China. But when family friend "Uncle" Chen hires her to find a looted Han dynasty jade of great value, the case will force Mei to delve not only into China's burtal history, but also into her family's dark secrets."

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"Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)"@en
"Electronic books"@en
"Electronic books"
"Fiction"
"Fiction"@en
"Fiction"@he
"Belletristische Darstellung"
"History"
"History"@en
"History"@he
"Large type books"
"Translations"@he
"Detective and mystery stories"@en
"Detective and mystery stories"
"Mystery fiction"
"Mystery fiction"@en

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"Das Jadeauge : [Kriminal-] Roman"
"<&gt"@he
"Das Jadeauge Roman"
"Eshet ha-sod mi-Beg'ing"
"The Eye of Jade a Mei Wang Mystery"@en
"אשת הסוד מבייג'ינג"
"L'occhio di giada"@it
"L'occhio di giada"
"Eye of jade : a novel"
"אשת הסוד מבייג׳ינג"
"The Eye of Jade"@en
"Oko jadeitu"@pl
"Oko jadeitu"
"Jadeögat / Diane Wei Liang ; översättning Åsa Jonason och Hans-Jacob Nilsson"@sv
"Le secret de Big Papa Wu : roman"
"Hisui no me"
"Hisui no me"@ja
"翡翠の眼"
"The eye of jade : a novel"@en
"The eye of jade : a novel"
"Le secret de Big Papa Wu"
"El Ojo de jade"
"A jáde átka"@hu
"A jáde átka"
"Het oog van jade"
"El ojo de jade"
"El ojo de jade"@es
"The eye of jade : [a novel]"@en
"The eye of jade"
"The eye of jade"@en
"Pich'uiŭi nun"
"Das Jadeauge Kriminalroman"

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