by Shan Sa · Emecé Editores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788495908933
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«Emperatriz» is the historical novel by Shan Sa, published by Emecé Editores in hardback (320 pages, in Spanish).
Set in the seventh century, it tells the life of Luz, a common woman who enters the imperial harem and becomes the first woman to rule imperial China. Through her own voice, the novel traces her rise, the intrigues of the Forbidden City, her bond with the heir Little Pheasant, and the transformation of court norms.
Originally written in French as «Impératrice» and published in 2003; in 2005 it received the Prix des lecteurs du Livre de Poche.
For a general audience, with an interest in Chinese history and in fictionalized biographies of women who defied their era.
Shan Sa is the pseudonym of Yan Ni, a French author and painter. The Girl Who Played Go was the first of her novels to be published outside France, and won the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens. Her second novel to appear in English translation was Empress (2006). She was awarded chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in July 2009 and chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite in May 2011.
