Kevin Kwan

When Nicholas Young hears that his grandmother, Su Yi, is on her deathbed, he rushes to be by her bedside--but he's not alone. The entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe to stake claim on their matriarch's massive fortune. With each family member vying to inherit Tyersall Park--a trophy estate on 64 prime acres in the heart of Singapore--Nicholas's childhood home turns into a hotbed of speculation and sabotage. As her relatives...

"The iconic author of the bestselling phenomenon Crazy Rich Asians returns with a glittering tale of love and longing as a young woman finds herself torn between two worlds--the WASP establishment of her father's family and George Zao, a man she is desperately trying to avoid falling in love with"-- On her very first morning on the island of Capri, Lucie Churchill sets eyes on George Zao-- and instantly can't stand him. Especially when he kisses...

Envisioning a summer vacation in the humble Singapore home of a boy she hopes to marry, Chinese American Rachel Chu is unexpectedly introduced to a rich and scheming clan that strongly opposes their son's relationship with an American girl.

Divertidísima, adictiva y rebosante de opulencia, esta novela es una mirada indiscreta y bastante loca al mundo de los superricos asiáticos. Cuando la neoyorquina Rachel Chu acepta pasar el verano en Singapur con su novio, Nicholas Young, imagina un hogar familiar humilde y tiempo a solas con el hombre con el que espera casarse. Pero Nick ha olvidado facilitar ciertos detalles a su novia. En primer lugar, que la casa en la que creció parece un...

"Umopomrachitelʹnoe sostoi︠a︡nie i vpravdu mozhet svesti s uma! A znaete pochemu? Potomu chto u kogo-to drugogo deneg eshche bolʹshe, chem u vas, i ėtot kto-to mimokhodom lishit vas takoĭ privilegii, kak li︠u︡bimyĭ stolik v ėkskli︠u︡zivnom restorane ili ėkstrennyĭ vyzov lichnogo -- luchshego v mire! -- vracha. No chto udivitelʹno -- nakhodi︠a︡tsi︠a︡ li︠u︡di, kotorykh ne volnui︠u︡t podobnye problemy! Naprimer,...

"Itak, poznakomʹtesʹ s Reĭchel Chu; ona amerikanka kitaĭskogo proiskhozhdenii︠a︡, molodoĭ professor ėkonomiki v nʹi︠u︡-ĭorkskom universitete i spet︠s︡ialist po teorii igr. Odnazhdy ee boĭfrend Nik, tozhe universitetskiĭ prepodavatelʹ, rodom iz Singapura, zovet ee provesti leto v Azii -- sostavitʹ emu kompanii︠u︡ v poezdke na svadʹbu ego luchshego druga Kolina. Reĭchel pochti nichego ne znaet pro ego semʹi︠u︡ (kak...

ta yi yi dui qing lü dao xin jia po du jia wei qi ji, Yi yi dui xin ren de shi ji hun li wei xian suo, Yi xin jia po san da hao men jia zu wei bei jing, Jiang shu le fa sheng zai ya zhou ding ji fu hao jian de en yuan qing chou, Zhan xian le yi mu mu huo guang guai lu li huo huang tang li qi de gu shi. Zi you zai mei guo zhang da de hua yi nü jiao shou rui qiu·Zhu sui xiang shi duo nian de xin jia po nan you ni gu la si·Yang...

A novel about three super-rich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that occurs when the heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia brings home his ABC (American-born Chinese) girlfriend to the wedding of the season.

A novel about three super-rich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that occurs when the heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia brings home his ABC (American-born Chinese) girlfriend to the wedding of the season.