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03057aam a2200277Ii 4500 001 FAA7AB086CFF11EBB767C5212FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210212010024 008 210210t20202020xx a 000 1 eng 035 $a (OCoLC)1237124241 040 $a IOU $b eng $e rda $c IOU $d SILO 100 1 $a Chow, Vann $c (novelist), $e author. 245 14 $a The House of Life / $c Vann Chow. 264 1 $a [Place of publication not provided] : $b Vann Chow, $c [2020] 300 $a 239 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "The HOUSE OF LIFE is an atmospheric, heart-pouding tale that would leave you wanting for more. Tsingtao, 1914, during German-occupation: It was WWI and the British army raided the mayor's mansion for silver and other treasures. The mayor's four-year-old grandson disappeared along with the treasures and was never to be seen again. Hong Kong, 2020, former British colony: A girl called Elise is hit-and-run and her soul arrived at the House of Life, a paranormal administrative office that dealt with the immigration affairs for the in-betweeners going from one life to the next. An old family heirloom in her possession attracted the attention of the attractive Manchurain gangmaster and he was hellbent on obtaining it, no mater the cost. To protect her, she had to find out the secret that held within its pages before the Manchurian did. Her Soul Reaper offered to help her at a price. Without any real choice, she agreed. And so together they embarked on a life-changing journey to the Headquarter of Hell to search for an answer. It was on this journey, spanning both time and space that they would encounter the victors and vicitims of modern warfares that shaped her family history and the country [in which] she resided: long-dead sailors on British ghost ships terrorizing the China sea, fallen Russian soldier who walked a hunderd years looking for his way home, desperate Communist pilot who kept circling the sky hunting down non-existent enemies, and all sorts of tragic paranormal beings and things that were forgotten about but yet still lived on, invisible to our eyes. Through it all, the deepest, darkest secret in Elise's family history would be revealed little by little." -- cover page 4. 545 0 $a Vann Chow is Chinese and was born in Hong Kong. She started writing stories in English when she was 19, and through them she hoped to share her unique experience and insights from living abroad and interacting with people from all kinds of cultural and social backgrounds with the wider world. Her stories often confront cultural, human rights and social issues. Oscar Wilde, William Somerset Maugham and Alain De Botton are her favorite authors. 650 0 $a Imaginary places $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Future life $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Hong Kong (China) $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Fantasy fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210212010138.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FAA7AB086CFF11EBB767C5212FECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search