Bound Feet And Western Dress - Brossura

Chang, Pang-Mei Natasha

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0553506501 ISBN 13: 9780553506501

Casa editrice: Bantam, 1997

Riassunto

After long afternoons spent with her great-aunt Yu-i, Pang-Mei, a first-generation Chinese-American, paints this unforgettable saga of a woman, born in Shanghai at the turn of the century to a well-to-do family, who continually defied the expectations of her class and culture.

'In China, a woman is nothing,' began Yu-i over tea and dumplings. 'This is the first lesson I want to give so that you will understand.' Growing up in the perilous years between the fall of the last Emperor and the Communist Revolution, Yu-i led a life marked by a series of rebellions that changed the course of her life, including the first and most lasting: her refusal to have her feet bound. And as Yu-i confides her innermost dreams and demons to her great-niece in this dual memoir, the deeply textured portrait of a woman's life in China is blended with the very Western story of a young woman's search for identity and belonging.

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Recensione:

"'Exquisite...This is an enthralling tale of a woman who achieved independence despite great odds'" (Publishers Weekly)

"'Ms Chang [tells] her story with unassuming delicacy...A touching, bittersweet evocation of China'" (The New York Times)

Descrizione del libro:

A rich and evocative dual memoir of a first-generation Chinese-American and her great-aunt.

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• Editore: Bantam
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0553506501
• ISBN 13: 9780553506501
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224