Boston: Little Brown, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel (second book) a beautiful story set in Vietnam in the early years of the 20th century, in a world few Westerners were aware even existed, and inspired by the true story of the author's grandfather, a tapestry weaver in the last imperial court of Vietnam. The art on the title pages was taken from one of his grandfather's tapestries. 310 pp. ISBN: 0-316284416.