Hundred Altars

"Hundred Altars" is a village in Northern China, whose inhabitants are presented so convincingly that one recognises first-hand knowledge of the country. Chinese beliefs and customs are dealt with in detail here, yet all as part of a novel full of interplay of character. In this impressive novel Juliet Bredon penetrates to the soul of that vast country, revealing its people, its customs, its struggles as they have seldom, if ever, been revealed before. Juliet Bredon has, for many years, lived in China, and it is evident that she knows China and understands her deeply and with sympathy.