Kunal Basu, Author
Moderated by James Chau, CCTV-9
Embassy of India (new location)
Tianze Road, Liang Ma Qiao,
Chaoyang District
Please note this is a new embassy address.
印度驻华使馆
北京市朝阳区亮马桥天泽路
Yindu Dashiguan Chaoyang Qu Liang Ma Qiao Tianze Lu
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Author Kunal Basu will discuss his most recent book, The Yellow Emperor’s Cure, taking us on a fascinating journey from Portugal to Peking on the eve of the Boxer Rebellion and exploring the contrasts between European and Chinese perspectives on medicine, politics and social mores.
LISBON, 1898: philandering surgeon Antonio Maria discovers his beloved father is dying of syphilis, scourge of both rich and poor. Determined to find a cure, Antonio sets sail for China to study under the renowned Dr. Xu, in the hope that traditional Chinese medicine has the answer that eludes the West. But the Chinese master is evasive—and violence has broken out across China. When Antonio encounters the alluring Fumi, he must decide whether to flee or to stay—and to solve the deep mystery of his lover’s haunted past and discover for himself the Yellow Emperor's cure.
Kunal Basu was born in Kolkata and educated in India and the United States. He is the author of three critically acclaimed novels, The Opium Clerk, The Miniaturist and The Racists, and a collection of stories, The Japanese Wife, the lead story of which was made into an award-winning film. Dr. Basu teaches at Oxford University.
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