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《The Cloisters》是一部融合塔羅、藝術與學術陰影的懸疑小說，氣氛詭譎、節奏緊湊，適合喜愛《第九學院》與《祕密歷史》的讀者。年輕實習生安‧史提威來到紐約修道院博物館，原本只期待一個平凡夏天，卻被捲入一場關於權力、野心與神祕塔羅牌的危險遊戲。隨著一副失落的15世紀塔羅牌重現世間，學術與命運之間的界線開始模糊。這是一部關於誘惑、背叛與自我選擇的故事，帶領讀者走進藝術背後的黑暗角落與命運未解的深淵。The Secret History meets Ninth House in this sinister, atmospheric novel . . .the discovery of a mysterious deck of tarot cards lays bare shocking secrets within a close-knit circle of researchers at New York's famed Met Cloisters museum. 'Beguiling and atmospheric, an entrancing and gripping tale.' KATE MOSSE'Glamour, power, seduction, ambition - The Cloisters has it all. I adored this deliciously gothic, beautifully written novel.' LOUISE O'NEILL, author of Idol**********Ann Stilwell arrives in New York City, hoping to spend her summer working at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Instead, she is assigned to The Cloisters, a gothic museum and garden renowned for its medieval and Renaissance collections. There she is drawn into a small circle of charismatic but enigmatic researchers, each

In The Making of Chinese-Sinophone Literatures as World Literature, Kuei-fen Chiu and Yingjin Zhang aim to bridge the distance between the scholarship of world literature and that of Chinese and Sinophone literary studies. This edited volume advances research on world literature by bringing in new developments in Chinese/Sinophone literatures and adds a much-needed new global perspective on Chinese literary studies beyond the traditional national literature paradigm and its recent critique by Sinophone studies. In addition to a critical mapping of the domains of world literature, Sinophone literature, and world literature in Chinese to delineate the nuanced differences of these three disciplines, the book addresses the issues of translation, genre, and the impact of media and technology on our understanding of “literature” and “literary prestige.” It also provides critical studies of the complicated ways in which Chinese and Sinophone literatures are translated, received, and reinveste

This ground-breaking edited collection draws together Australian historical scholarship on Chinese women, their gendered migrations, and their mobile lives between China and Australia. It considers di

Chinese Diaspora Charity and the Cantonese Pacific, 1850–1949 sheds new light on the history of charity among Chinese overseas and its place in the history of charity in China and in the wider history

The Making of the Modern Ottoman Monarchy, 1820–1920 explores how modernity and global transformations reshaped the Ottoman monarchy in the nineteenth century.

HONG KONG LITERATURE SERIESSeries Editor: John MinfordLeung Ping-kwan brought as much talent and inspiration to the writing of his short stories as he did to his poems. ‘I have drawn on magical realis