Sunday 21 March 2021

Song by Michelle Jana Chan BLOG TOUR @michellejchan @RandomTTours @unbounders #Giveaway #Competition #Win #Prize

 


Song is just a boy when he sets out from Lishui village in China. Brimming with courage and ambition, he leaves behind his impoverished broken family, hoping he’ll make his fortune and return home. Chasing tales of sugarcane, rubber and gold, Song embarks upon a perilous voyage across the oceans to the British colony of Guiana, but once there he discovers riches are not so easy to come by and he is forced into labouring as an indentured plantation worker.

This is only the beginning of Song’s remarkable life, but as he finds himself between places and between peoples, and increasingly aware that the circumstances of birth carry more weight than accomplishments or good deeds, Song fears he may live as an outsider forever.

This beautifully written and evocative story spans nearly half a century and half the globe, and though it is set in another century, Song’s story of emigration and the quest for an opportunity to improve his life is timeless.



Song by Michelle Jana Chan was published on Unbound on 18 March 2021. I'm delighted to feature the book today as part of the #RandomThingsTours Blog Tour and have one paperback copy to give away.






'A wonderfully lush and atmospheric odyssey of survival against all odds’- Bernardine Evaristo

'Precise, heartfelt, breathtaking . . . Song will touch you with its remarkable odyssey and make you believe in dreams again’- Elif Shafak


'A beautifully told tale with fascinating historical insight’- Vanity Fair


A strong picaresque element powers this saga.’- The Daily Mail


‘…one of the Caribbean’s little-known stories.’- The Times Literary Supplement


‘Michelle Jana Chan brings a world of equal peril and possibility to life with her rich, radiant prose.'- Tatler


Song offers a rare and compelling fictional exploration of the pioneering Chinese presence in British Guyana, in the 18th century. A totally convincing coming-of-age novel, which chronicles the growth not only of a young boy who left China with no idea of the world he was heading into, but also a powerful testimony to frontier life in Guyana's gold-mining interior.’- Jacob Ross, winner of the Jhalak Prize 2017


‘A dazzling novel, brimming with psychological acuity. Chan conjures the sweet smells of Guyana, the shadow of an oil lamp and a filigree of leaves leaning over a river in swirling mist. An unforgettable portrait of a man and a little-known land.’- Sara Wheeler, author





As part of my on-going  #HappyBirthdayRandomThings  celebrations during the month of March, I'm delighted to offer a paperback  copy of SONG  by MICHELLE JANA CHAN, published by Unbound today to one lucky winner.



Entry is simple, just fill out the competition widget in this blog. The competition will stay open for two weeks. GOOD LUCK! 



One paperback copy of Song by Michelle Jana Chan




An award-winning journalist and travel editor of Vanity Fair, Michelle is also
contributing editor at Condé Nast Traveller, presenter of the BBC's 'Global Guide' and a writer for The Daily Telegraph, The Wall Street Journal and Travel & Leisure. 
She has been named the Travel Media Awards' Travel Writer of the Year. 









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