John Shors - Dragon House
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Set in modern-day Vietnam, DRAGON HOUSE tells the tale of Iris and Noah-two Americans, who, as a way of healing their own painful pasts, open a center to house and educate Vietnamese street children. Irish and Noah find themselves reborn in an exotic land filled with corruption and chaos, sacrifice and beauty. Inspired by the street children she meets, Iris walks in the footsteps of her father, a man whom Vietnam both shattered and saved. Meanwhile, Noah slowly rediscovers himself through the eyes of an unexpected companion. Resounding with the powerful themes of suffering, sacrifice, friendship, and love, DRAGON HOUSE brings together East and West, war and peace; and celebrates the resilience of the human spirit.
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Praise for the Novels of John Shors
Dragon House
A touching story about, among other things, the lingering impacts of the last generations war on the contemporary landscape and people of Vietnam. In a large cast of appealing characters, the street children are the heart of this book; their talents, friendships, and perils keep you turning the pages.
Karen Joy Fowler, bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club
In Dragon House, John Shors paints such a vivid picture of the lives of Vietnamese street children and the tourists they need in order to survive, you would swear it was written by one of them. I loved this book, and cared deeply about the characters brought to life by Shorss clear sensitivity to the plight of the unseen and unwanted in Vietnam.
Elizabeth Flock, bestselling author of Me & Emma
Amid the wreckage of whats known in Vietnam as the American War, Shors has set his sprawling, vibrant novel. All of his charactershustlers, humanitarians, street childrencarry wounds, visible or otherwise. And in the cacophony of their voices, he asks that most essential question: How can we be better?David Oliver Relin, bestselling author of Three Cups of Tea
There is a tenderness in this moving, deeply descriptive novel that brings all those frequently hidden qualities of compassion, purity of mind, and, yes, lovethe things we used to call the human spiritinto the foreground of our feelings as readers. This is a beautiful heart speaking to us of the beautiful world we could and should find, even in the darkness that so often floods the world with fear. Gregory David Roberts, bestselling author of Shantaram
John Shors has written a wonderful novel about two American lives shaped by an encounter with the lives of the Vietnamese people in this present age, decades after that country has faded from the ongoing clamor of news in this country. For that very reason, Shors transcends politics and headlines and finds the timeless and deeply human stories that are the essence of enduring fiction. This is strong, important work from a gifted writer.
Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
Beside a Burning Sea
A master storyteller.... Beside a Burning Sea confirms again that Shors is an immense talent.... This novel has the aura of the mythic, the magical, and that which is grounded in history. Shors weaves psychological intrigue by looking at his characters competing desires: love, revenge, and meaning. Both lyrical and deeply imaginative.
Amy Tan, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club
Features achingly lyrical prose, even in depicting the horrors of war.... Shors pays satisfying attention to class and race dynamics, as well as the tension between wartime enemies. The survivors dignity, quiet strength, and fellowship make this a magical read.Publishers Weekly
An astounding work. Poetic and cinematic as it illuminates the dark corners of human behavior, it is destined to be this decades The English Patient.
Booklist
Shors has re-created a tragic place in time, when love for another was a persons sole companion. He uses lyrical prose throughout the novel, especially in his series of haiku poems that plays an integral role in the love story, and develops accessible, sympathetic characters.Rocky Mountain News
This story of redemption, love, and friendship is placed against a hideously distorted, morally arid world, one where the prophets, saints, and deities of the great religions have been silenced, but where human decency, even heroism, survives in small, fertile patches.The Japan Times
Beneath a Marble Sky
[A] spirited debut novel.... With infectious enthusiasm and just enough careful attention to detail, Shors gives a real sense of the times, bringing the world of imperial Hindustan and its royal inhabitants to vivid life.
Publishers Weekly
Elegant, often lyrical, writing distinguishes this literary fiction from the genre known as historical romance. It is truly a work of art.
The Des Moines Register
Agreeably colorful... [with] lively period detail and a surfeit of villains.
Kirkus Reviews
An exceptional work of fiction... a gripping account.India Post
Highly recommended... A thrilling tale [that] will appeal to a wide audience.Library Journal
Evocative of the fantastical stories and sensual descriptions of One Thousand and One Nights... What sets this novel apart is its description of Muslim-Hindu politics, which continue to plague the subcontinent today.
National Geographic Traveler
A passionate, lush, and dramatic novel, rich with a sense of place. John Shors is an author of sweeping imaginative force.
Sandra Gulland, bestselling author of The Josephine B. Trilogy
[A] story of romance and passion... a wonderful book if you want to escape to a foreign land while relaxing in your porch swing.St. Petersburg Times
It is difficult to effectively bring the twenty-first-century reader into a seventeenth-century world. Shors accomplishes this nicely, taking the armchair traveler into some of the intricacies involved in creating a monument that remains one of the architectural and artistic wonders of the world.
The Denver Post
A majestic novel that irresistibly draws the reader within its saga of human struggles, failings, alliances, and betrayals.Midwest Book Review
Shors... creates a vivid and striking world that feels as close as a plane ride.
Most important, he manages to convey universal feelings in a tangible and intimate way. Shah Jahans grief isnt just that of a man who lived centuries ago; its a well of emotion felt long before Mumatz Mahal ever lived, and is still felt today. Shorss ability to tap into that well, and make it so alive, renders the novel as luminous a jewel as any that adorn the Taj Mahals walls.
ForeWord Magazine
ALSO BY JOHN SHORS
Beneath a Marble Sky
Beside a Burning Sea
Beside a Burning Sea
For Mom and Dad
Whose child is this
Who walks the streets
Who cries alone
Who fears the night?
Who walks the streets
Who cries alone
Who fears the night?
Whose child is this
Who was never a child
Who has not known the touch
Of a loving hand?
Who was never a child
Who has not known the touch
Of a loving hand?
Whose child is this
Who dreams of warmth, of bread, of simple things
Who aspires only to survive?
Who dreams of warmth, of bread, of simple things
Who aspires only to survive?
This child is ours.
ANONYMOUS
AUTHORS NOTE
In 1965, the United States sent combat troops into Vietnam to thwart a communist takeover of the southern half of the country. Fighting alongside their allies, the South Vietnamese, American forces waged a conventional war against the North Vietnamese, who received substantial logistical support from China and the Soviet Union. In 1975, Saigon fell, and the few remaining American troops were evacuated. During the course of the conflict, about five million soldiers and civilians were killed.
In 1986, the Vietnamese government launched free-market reforms, which led to substantial economic growth. The United States established diplomatic relations with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1995.
PROLOGUE
The Dreams of Another
The hospital room looked as ill as the patient it housed. Though everything was the color of fresh snow, the rooms walls, ceiling, floor, and linens seemed taintedas if the stains of misery and death had been scrubbed from them too many times. The room smelled not of life, but of chemicals and atrophy. Several bouquets of once-proud flowers leaned limply. Balloons that no longer tugged against their moorings hung in the stale air.
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