Bound Feet And Western Dress - Brossura

Chang, Pang-Mei Natasha

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0857502727 ISBN 13: 9780857502728

Casa editrice: Bantam, 2014

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)

"A rich, evocative memoir" (People)

"A gripping, candid dual memoir" (South China Morning Post)

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: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0857502727
• ISBN 13: 9780857502728
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224