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001			ocn933272408
003			OCoLC
005			20180812221854.0
008			160506t20162016nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a 2016016260
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dBTCTA _dBDX _dYDXCP _dOCLCF _dOCLCO _dOCLCQ _dOCLCO _dHEV _dIK2 _dOCLCO _dFMG _dOCL _dOCLCO _dVP@ _dIHX _dNFG
019			_a932576795 _a957290910
020			_a9781250074966 _q(hardback)
020			_a1250074967 _q(hardback)
035			_a(OCoLC)933272408 _z(OCoLC)932576795 _z(OCoLC)957290910
042			_apcc
043			_aa-cc---
092			_aHart, _bElsa
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aHart, Elsa, _eauthor. _9364505
245	1	4	_aThe white mirror / _cElsa Hart.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bMinotaur Books, _c2016.
264		4	_c©2016
300			_a310 pages ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"In the follow-up to Elsa Hart's critically acclaimed debut, Jade Dragon Mountain, Li Du, an imperial librarian and former exile in 18th century China, is now an independent traveler. He is journeying with a trade caravan bound for Lhasa when a detour brings them to a valley hidden between mountain passes. On the icy planks of a wooden bridge, a monk sits in contemplation. Closer inspection reveals that the monk is dead, apparently of a self-inflicted wound. His robes are rent, revealing a strange symbol painted on his chest. When the rain turns to snow, the caravan is forced to seek hospitality from the local lord while they wait for the storm to pass. The dead monk, Li Du soon learns, was a reclusive painter. According to the family, his bizarre suicide is not surprising, given his obsession with the demon world. But Li Du is convinced that all is not as it seems. Why did the caravan leader detour to this particular valley? Why does the lord's heir sleep in the barn like a servant? And who is the mysterious woman traveling through the mountain wilds? Trapped in the snow, surrounded by secrets and an unexplained grief that haunts the manor, Li Du cannot distract himself from memories he's tried to leave behind. As he discovers irrefutable evidence of the painter's murder and pieces together the dark circumstances of his death, Li Du must face the reason he will not go home and, ultimately, the reason why he must"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aLibrarians _vFiction. _959107
651		0	_aChina _xHistory _yQing dynasty, 1644-1912 _vFiction. _9134165
655		7	_aDetective and mystery fiction. _2lcgft _9464
994			_aC0 _bNFG
942	0	0	_07
999			_c236984 _d236984