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Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 The Yellow Papers
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'It's 1872 and China - still bruised from its defeat in the two Opium Wars - sends a group of boys, including seven-year-old Chen Mu, to America to study and bring back the secrets of the West. But nine years on Chen Mu becomes a fugitive and flees to Umberumberka, a mining town in outback Australia. He eventually finds peace working for Matthew Dawson, a rich pastoralist.

When the bubonic plague ravages Sydney, Matthew Dawson's daughter returns to her father's property with her son, Edward. But it's a lonely life for a small boy surrounded only by adults, and he soon befriends Chen Mu, forging a friendship that will last a lifetime.

'Years later, Edward visits a mysterious and decadent Shanghai, where he falls in love with Ming Li, the beautiful young wife of a Chinese businessman, until invading Japanese armies tear the couple apart. Many years pass before the couple reunite, each scarred by the events of World War II and the Korean War. But will it be only to be torn apart once again?

'The Yellow Papers is a story of love, obsession and friendship set against a backdrop of war and racial prejudice. ' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Dedication: For Katie and for Leah
  • Published in digital audio format (mp3) by the Queensland Narrating Service (2015). Narrated by Lyn Ellison. Restricted for use for people with print disabilites.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Yarraville, Footscray - Maribyrnong area, Melbourne - West, Melbourne, Victoria,: Transit Lounge , 2014 .
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      • Published 1 March 2014
      ISBN: 9781921924613

Works about this Work

Dominique Wilson, The Yellow Papers Lauren Dougherty , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , May vol. 7 no. 2 2015;

— Review of The Yellow Papers Dominique Wilson , 2014 single work novel
Book Review – The Yellow Papers by Dominique Wilson Joanne Peulen , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Booklover Book Reviews 2014;

— Review of The Yellow Papers Dominique Wilson , 2014 single work novel
Review : The Yellow Papers Maureen Eppen , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , May 2014; (p. 41)

— Review of The Yellow Papers Dominique Wilson , 2014 single work novel
Cultural Resonances Alison Broinowski , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 363 2014; (p. 45)

— Review of The Yellow Papers Dominique Wilson , 2014 single work novel
Lip Lit : The Yellow Papers Margot McGovern , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Lip Magazine 2014;

— Review of The Yellow Papers Dominique Wilson , 2014 single work novel
Review : The Yellow Papers Jennifer Peterson-Ward , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , October vol. 93 no. 2 2013; (p. 22)

— Review of The Yellow Papers Dominique Wilson , 2014 single work novel
Cultural Resonances Alison Broinowski , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 363 2014; (p. 45)

— Review of The Yellow Papers Dominique Wilson , 2014 single work novel
Review : The Yellow Papers Maureen Eppen , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , May 2014; (p. 41)

— Review of The Yellow Papers Dominique Wilson , 2014 single work novel
Dominique Wilson, The Yellow Papers Lauren Dougherty , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , May vol. 7 no. 2 2015;

— Review of The Yellow Papers Dominique Wilson , 2014 single work novel
Book Review – The Yellow Papers by Dominique Wilson Joanne Peulen , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Booklover Book Reviews 2014;

— Review of The Yellow Papers Dominique Wilson , 2014 single work novel
Complex Chinese Characters Jennifer Peterson-Ward , 2013 single work interview
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , October vol. 93 no. 2 2013; (p. 24)
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