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Through the stories of four sisters born between 1907 and 1914, a renowned historian examines a century of change in Chinese culture and in women's lives. Now in their late eighties and early nineties, the four Chang sisters lived through a century of historic change in China. In this extraordinary work, assembled with the benefit of letters, diaries, family histories, poetry, journals and interviews, Annping Chin shapes the story of one family into a riveting chronicle that provides a unique insight into the old China and its transition into the new. From prosperity to persecution, from foreign wars to Cultural Revolution, FOUR SISTERS OF HOFEI is an intensely personal and sweeping story that illustrates the complex history of a complex culture.
Zakup książki
Four Sisters of Hofei, Chin Annping
- Język
- Rok wydania
- 2003
- Oprawa
- (miękka)
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- Tytuł
- Four Sisters of Hofei
- Język
- angielski
- Autorzy
- Chin Annping
- Wydawca
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Rok wydania
- 2003
- Oprawa
- miękka
- Liczba stron
- 310
- ISBN10
- 0747561885
- ISBN13
- 9780747561880
- Seria
- Ocena
- 3,25 z 5
- Opis
- Through the stories of four sisters born between 1907 and 1914, a renowned historian examines a century of change in Chinese culture and in women's lives. Now in their late eighties and early nineties, the four Chang sisters lived through a century of historic change in China. In this extraordinary work, assembled with the benefit of letters, diaries, family histories, poetry, journals and interviews, Annping Chin shapes the story of one family into a riveting chronicle that provides a unique insight into the old China and its transition into the new. From prosperity to persecution, from foreign wars to Cultural Revolution, FOUR SISTERS OF HOFEI is an intensely personal and sweeping story that illustrates the complex history of a complex culture.