A Song Everlasting, A Novel

From the universally admired, National Book Award-winning, bestselling author of Waitinga timely novel that follows a famous Chinese singer severed from his country, as he works to find his way in the United States At the end of a U.S. tour with his state-supported choir, popular singer Yao Tian takes a private gig in New York to pick up some extra cash for his daughters tuition fund, but the consequences of his choice spiral out of control. On his return to China, Tian is informed that the sponsors of the event were supporters of Taiwans secession, and that he must deliver a formal self-criticism. When he is asked to forfeit his passport to his employer, Tian impulsively decides instead to return to New York to protest the governments threat to his artistic integrity. With the help of his old friend Yabin, Tians career begins to flourish in the United States. But he is soon placed on a Chinese...