The World and Everything in It
Shaun Tan
- "An
- intimate
- look
- at
- the
- human
- depth
- of
- history.
- Action
- sequences
- play
- out
- with
- choreographic
- elegance...buys
- into
- a
- political
- scenario
- with
- verisimilitude
- as
- tensile
- as
- current
- events."
-
- A.
- A.
- Attanasio,
- Nebula
- and
- World
- Fantasy
- Award
- nominee
- and
- author
- of
- the
- Arthor
- seriesThe
- world
- changes,
- Asia
- grows,
- American
- might
- declines,
- and
- four
- great
- families
- jostle
- for
- influence.
- Meet
- the
- cosmopolitan
- McAffreys,
- transplanted
- from
- New
- York
- to
- the
- gilded
- cage
- of
- Singapore;
- the
- Chans
- of
- Malaysia,
- haughty,
- aristocratic,
- squabbling
- over
- their
- empire
- whilst
- the
- country
- around
- them
- burns;
- the
- Cheungs
- of
- Hong
- Kong,
- brilliant,
- cultivated,
- and
- driven
- by
- shadowy
- purpose;
- and
- the
- Baos
- of
- China,
- an
- illustrious
- family
- brought
- low.In
- a
- story
- that
- spans
- the
- globe,
- that
- steps
- deftly
- between
- East
- and
- West,
- from
- the
- skyscrapers
- of
- Hong
- Kong
- to
- the
- cobbled
- streets
- of
- London,
- from
- the
- forbidding
- halls
- of
- Zhongnanhai
- to
- the
- gothic
- quads
- of
- Yale,
- the
- scions
- of
- these
- clans
- find
- their
- way
- in
- the
- world
- as
- tensions
- rise
- between
- China
- and
- America.
- As
- the
- two
- superpowers
- lurch
- towards
- war,
- the
- fates
- of
- these
- characters
- become
- increasingly
- intertwined
- in
- the
- contest,
- in
- a
- deadly
- struggle
- for
- power,
- and
- a
- Davos
- plot
- to
- remake
- world
- order.This
- is
- a
- history
- of
- the
- future.
- It’s
- a
- story
- about
- the
- world
- today
- and
- the
- world
- tomorrow
- and
- how
- it
- is
- indelibly
- shaped
- by
- the past.
