“I shall clasp my hands together and bow to the corners of the world
“My surname is Lu and my personal name is Yu, but I am not to be confused with the eminent author of The Classic of Tea. My family is quite undistinguished, and since I am the tenth of my father’s sons and rather strong I am usually referred to as Number Ten Ox.”
So begins Bridge of Birds, the first of his three wonderful novels set in “an ancient China that never was.” I wish there were more, oh so many more.