For the first time in Russian – an international bestseller from a master of the Spanish historical novel. This time, Antonio Harrido, famous for the depth and thoroughness of the material of the material, turned to medieval China, where in the 13th century the famous Song Tsy lived – the ancestor of world forensic medicine. “Reading Body” received the international prize of Saragosa, awarded for the best historical novel.
After the death of grandfather, the young Song Tsy, who was hoping for the student of the metropolitan university and the assistant to the respected judge Feng, is forced to return with his father, a court official, from the capital to his native village. But the chain of tragic accidents deprives him of her shelter, drives him back to the big city. There, the young man is forced to work as an assistant charlatan -degenerator – but soon the rumor about his striking ability to “read the bodies” reaches the emperor himself. The son of the sky entrusts the young man to investigate a series of mysterious murders – an investigation, on the results of which not only the life of Song and those who …
Author
Harrido Antonio
Translator
Koronosenko Kirill
Publisher
Foreigner, 2014
Series
Foreign. literature. Modern classic
Genre
Historical novel, modern foreign prose
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