Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Seiten
2006
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Export and UK open market ed
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-0-7475-8292-2 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-0-7475-8292-2 (ISBN)
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In the vein of Memoirs of a Geisha and Empress Orchid, this is a mesmerizing novel about two young girls growing up in feudal China
Lily is the daughter of a humble farmer, and to her family she is just another expensive mouth to feed. Then, the local matchmaker delivers startling news: if Lily's feet are bound properly, they will be flawless. In nineteenth-century China, where a woman's eligibility is judged by the shape and size of her feet, this is extraordinary good luck. Lily, now, has the power to make a good marriage and change the fortunes of her family. To prepare for her new life, she must undergo the agonies of footbinding, learn nu shu, the famed secret women's writing, and make a very special friend, Snow Flower. But, a bitter reversal of fortune is about to change everything.
Lily is the daughter of a humble farmer, and to her family she is just another expensive mouth to feed. Then, the local matchmaker delivers startling news: if Lily's feet are bound properly, they will be flawless. In nineteenth-century China, where a woman's eligibility is judged by the shape and size of her feet, this is extraordinary good luck. Lily, now, has the power to make a good marriage and change the fortunes of her family. To prepare for her new life, she must undergo the agonies of footbinding, learn nu shu, the famed secret women's writing, and make a very special friend, Snow Flower. But, a bitter reversal of fortune is about to change everything.
Lisa See is the author of Flower Net, The Interior and Dragon Bones, as well as the critically acclaimed memoir On Gold Mountain. The Organization of Chinese American Women named her the 2001 National Woman of the Year. She lives in Los Angeles.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.2.2006 |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 111 x 178 mm |
Einbandart | Paperback |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen |
Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch | |
Schlagworte | China, Geschichte; Romane/Erzählungen • Englisch; Historische Romane/Erzählungen |
ISBN-10 | 0-7475-8292-0 / 0747582920 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7475-8292-2 / 9780747582922 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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