← Yan GelingThe Flowers of Warby Yan GelingHistorical novel of women and war during Japan's occupation of NanjingFind on Amazon↗About the authorYan GelingChinese-American novelist and screenwriter whose fiction draws on Chinese historical trauma. The Flowers of War and The Criminal Lu Yanshi were adapted into acclaimed films by Zhang Yimou.More by Yan GelingThe Criminal Lu Yanshi→White Snake→Orchid→FusangHistorical epic spanning Chinese immigration and identity in nineteenth-century America→