![]() ![]() “Both Nationalists and Communists were keen to protect university students, since they recognized the value of educated young people as the foundation of rebuilding China once the war was over,” Chang explains. ![]() ![]() In 1937, China was in the midst of a civil war between Nationalists and Communists while also fighting the Japanese. When Japanese bombs began falling on the city of Nanking, students at Minghua University are ordered to flee and to take with them a priceless treasure: a 500-year-old collection of myths and folklore known as the Library of Legends. Her latest novel, The Library of Legends (William Morrow, May 2020), enhances that reputation with a story set in 1937 as Japan invaded China. With her two earlier novels, Dragon Springs Road and Three Souls, Janie Chang established a reputation for successfully combining historical fiction with magical realism. A Collection of Myths and Folklore: The Library of Legends by Janie Chang ![]()
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