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Published: 09/04/2020
Set in the afterglow of the great American Gold Rush, Zhang’s haunting and heart-breaking debut follows the brutal journey of two immigrant teenage girls after the unexpected death of their sole parent.
Signed with exclusive sprayed edges and a Q&A.
A standard edition is available here.
Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2021
What makes a home a home?
Tell me a story I can dream on...
Ba dies in the night, Ma is already gone. Lucy and Sam, twelve and eleven, are suddenly alone and on the run. With their father's body on their backs, they roam an unforgiving landscape dotted with giant buffalo bones and tiger paw prints, searching for a place to give him a proper burial.
How Much of These Hills is Gold is a sweeping adventure tale, an unforgettable sibling story and a remarkable novel about a family bound and divided by its memories.
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9780349013879
Number of pages: 336
Weight: 400 g
Dimensions: 232 x 152 x 26 mm
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