by Shan Sa · Gallimard · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070414611
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«Les quatre vies du saule» is the lyrical novel by Shan Sa, published by Gallimard in paperback (187 pages, in French).
Set in 20th-century China, the novel follows two beings who seek and lose each other between bustling Beijing and the silence of the Forbidden City, from the era of courtesans to the Cultural Revolution. The weeping willow, a symbol of death and rebirth, structures this fable about love, loss, and memory, with a tone that sometimes evokes the taste of bitter tea.
The work is part of the Folio collection, number 3543. Shan Sa won the Prix Cazes for it.
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.
