Drawing on traditional Malayan folklore and superstition, THE GHOST BRIDE is a haunting, exotic and romantic read perfect for fans of EMPRESS ORCHID and MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA. Yangsze Choo is a Malaysian writer of Chinese descent. When Li Lan thinks that she has found her mother - a second wife in the ancestral Lim household - she is shaken by how horrible she is. How does the parallel city reflect the world of the living, and in what ways is it different 6. Enlisting the help of mysterious Er Lang (a dragon turned clerk) Li Lan must uncover the secrets of the ghost world - before she becomes trapped there forever. The ghost world Li Lan enters is a richly imagined place governed by complicated bureaucracy. The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo 4.3 (86) Paperback (Reprint) 14.49 16.99 Save 15 Paperback 14.49 eBook 12.99 Audiobook 0. THE GHOST BRIDE, set in colonial Malaya and the elaborate Chinese world of the afterlife, is about a peculiar historic custom called a spirit marriage. At night she is drawn into the Chinese afterlife - a world of ghost cities, paper funeral offerings, monstrous bureaucracy and vengeful spirits.

After a fateful visit to the Lim mansion, Li Lan finds herself haunted not only by her ghostly would-be suitor, but also her desire for the Lims' handsome new heir. A haunting, evocative and highly unusual romantic debut and now a Netflix Mandarin original drama premiering January 2020! Seventeen-year-old Li Lan lives in 1890s Malaya with her quietly-ruined father, who returns one evening with a proposition - the fabulously wealthy Lim family want Li Lan to marry their son.

The ghost bride by yangsze choo