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Authors, American Authors, American 20th century Biography Authors, Chinese 20th century Biography Chinese American novelists Chinese American novelists 20th century Biography Chinese poetry Buddhist authors Chinese poetry Buddhist authors Translations into English Jia, Pingwa Novelists, American Tan, AmySummary: From master director Jia Zhang-Ke comes a vital document of Chinese society since 1949. Jia interviews three prominent authors, Jia Pingwa, Yu Hua, and Liang Hong, born in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, respectively. In their stories, we hear of the dire circumstances they faced in their rural villages and small towns, and the substantial political effort undertaken to address it, from the social...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SWIHong, Ying
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HONG, YING HONSu, Xiaokang
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 895.1852 SuSummary: Born to Chinese immigrant parents into 1950's America, it would be decades before Ms. Tan would come to fully understand how her mother's self-destructive tendencies were rooted in watching her own mother kill herself after being forced into the former marital system of concubinage. This painful family legacy inspired her stories of women without the power to choose their lives. An interweaving...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021