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Red Poppies
Red Poppies: A Novel of Tibet | Alai
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A lively and cinematic twentieth-century epic, Red Poppies focuses on the extravagant and brutal reign of a clan of Tibetan warlords during the rise of Chinese Communism. The story is wryly narrated by the chieftain's son, a self-professed "idiot" who reveals the bloody feuds, seductions, secrets, and scheming behind his family's struggles for power. When the chieftain agrees to grow opium poppies with seeds supplied by the Chinese Nationalists in exchange for modern weapons, he draws Tibet into the opium trade -- and unwittingly plants the seeds for a downfall. A "swashbuckling novel" (New York Times Book Review), Red Poppies is at once a political parable and a moving elegy to the lost kingdom of Tibet in all its cruelty, beauty, and romance.
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LiseWorks
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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. My poppies I bought last year bloomed this week
2. Inspiration for art with #LitsyLove Friends
3. My Star of Bethlehem plants are blooming
4 Agility with Oakley
5 My new haircut, short for summer

I love Fridays because of this. And I love reading everybody else's

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 5mo
bthegood love the new haircut! and your art! thanks for sharing 🙂 5mo
DebinHawaii A wonderful list of joys! 💛💛💛 Love the summer “do” & I adore poppies! Thanks for sharing & spreading the joy! 🤗 5mo
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LiseWorks
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Texreader They‘re gorgeous! 2y
curiouserandcurioser @LiseWorks Those are gorgeous!!❤ 2y
Catsandbooks Beautiful! Poppies are my mom's favorite flower so I always think of her when I see them! 😍 2y
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Meaw_catlady
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Speaking of poppies ! ❤️♉️ my mom just sent me this pic from her garden ! #bloominglitsy #readyoursign

wanderinglynn So pretty 💜 4y
readordierachel Gorgeous! I love poppies 🌼 4y
Gissy Beautiful!!! 4y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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And 1 red poppy!

#BloomingLitsy

Cathythoughts Beautiful ❤️ 4y
JoScho ❤️❤️❤️ 4y
BookwormM I love poppies 4y
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