![]() ![]() The power of names and fate is a recurring theme in “She Who Became the Sun.” As nine-year-old Zhu goes to a monastery and rises up to monkhood, she holds on fiercely to the destiny that was supposed to be her brother’s and now claims it as her own. When her brother and father die, she sees her brother’s fate as hers for the taking. On the flip side, her brother is assigned the fate of Greatness. ![]() Parker-Chan makes it clear that this girl is oppressed by the weight of expectations of her gender in society a cruel fortuneteller says her fate is Nothingness. She is a slight, homely girl who lives with her father and brother. It is in one of these famine-stricken villages that we meet our protagonist. Citizens of the Yuan Dynasty suffered from famine and roaming gangs of bandits the further they were from the Emperor’s army. ![]() Shelley Parker-Chan’s debut novel, “She Who Became the Sun,” is a gripping and dazzling read set in 14th century China when there was Mongol rule. ![]()
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