Red Poppies

Alai

earliest edition we have, 2002 Houghton Mifflin, 2002 433 pages

In the 1930s a wealthy Tibetan family, the Maichis, make a bargain with an emissary of the Chinese Nationalists. In exchange for military support they are to plant fields of poppies, a deal that earns them dangerous enmity.

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This book in English

Sylvia Li-chun Lin 1 printing we hold · 2003 · Tandem Library
Howard Goldblatt 1 printing we hold · 2003 · Mariner Books

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Editions we hold

Red Poppies edition · 2003 · Tandem Library · 9781417717255
Red Poppies edition · 2003 · Mariner Books · 448 pages · 9780618340699
Red poppies edition · 2002 · Methuen · 381 pages · 9780413771827
Red Poppies audiobook · 2002 · Highbridge Audio · 9781565115286
Red poppies edition · 2002 · Houghton Mifflin · 433 pages

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