Twin Lotuses by Xiaoyu, Zhang
Twin Lotuses by Xiaoyu, Zhang

Twin Lotuses

"Xiaoyu's ink-washed black-and-white art evokes the period setting with equal parts elegance, drama, and earthy humor. [...]...
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Author: Zhang Xiaoyu
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Twin Lotuses by Xiaoyu, Zhang

Twin Lotuses

$35.98
Twin Lotuses by Xiaoyu, Zhang

Twin Lotuses

$35.98
Author: Zhang Xiaoyu
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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"Xiaoyu's ink-washed black-and-white art evokes the period setting with equal parts elegance, drama, and earthy humor. [...] Readers will be transported." -Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

Love is never lost . . .

Fan is a young Chinese engineer who lost his wife in a Japanese bombing raid in 1937. Mingfeng was a popular performer at the local opera, and he is devastated by the loss. Distraught, he builds an extraordinary automaton that replaces her at the theater. Meanwhile, war rages throughout the city, and orphaned children run wild under the direction of local potentates in an attempt to thrive and survive. When those potentates take notice of the mysterious beauty, suspicions and desires start to grow. Mix in an American airman and the tensions of war, and things build to an explosive finale.

Masterfully mixing a snapshot of war-torn China with the philosophical sci-fi questions of a Philip K Dick novel, Twin Lotuses is a beautifully illustrated story capturing an ugly time and the flicker of hope, love, and ambition that shone through it all.

Author: Zhang Xiaoyu
Publisher: Magnetic Press
Published: 04/28/2026
Pages: 324
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.90lbs
Size: 11.10h x 8.10w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781962413510


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/13/2026

About the Author
Born in 1975, Zhang Xiaoyu is originally from the town of Anshun in the Guizhou Province in Southern China. He drew his first comic pages as an art student in 1995 and has since completed more than a dozen works for publishers from around the world, including Humanoids, Casterman, and Glenat. He has been awarded twice for China's top comics prizes, first in 1999 for David and again in 2001 for The Take-off. He is also involved with FEI, a magazine dedicated to sci-fi stories. He has become one of his country's most sought-after comic artists.
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