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Dream of the Walled City
by Fleischman, Lisa Huang
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671042297
- ISBN 13
- 9780671042295
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York, New York, Usa: Washington Square Press, 2001. Trade Paperback. Very Good. In Very Good Condition. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges. For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. Marking The Debut Of A Stunning New Literary Talent, Lisa Huang Fleischman's Extraordinary Saga -- Inspired By Her Grandmother's Life As An Early Feminist, Political Activist, And Friend Of Mao Zedong -- Is A Masterpiece About One Clever And Resourceful Woman, Growing Up Amidst The Turmoil Of Twentieth-Century China. Dream Of The Walled City Born In 1890, The Privileged And Sheltered Daughter Of A High-Ranking Imperial Official, Jade Virtue Spends Her Childhood Enclosed By The Towering Walls Of Her Family's Sprawling Mansion, Never Glimpsing The Desperate Struggle Of China's Ancient Society, As The Old Ways Are Challenged And The Twentieth Century - Fast, Fearsome, And Tumultuous - Rushes In. But When Her Father Mysteriously Dies, Young Jade Virtue Is Suddenly Thrust Into Poverty, And Experiences Firsthand A Traditional Culture Falling Apart Under The Onslaught Of Growing Rebellion Against The Emperor, Rapid Social Changes, And The Mounting Aggression Of Japan And The West. Fleischman Has Rendered A Richly Textured, Panoramic Vision Of Chinese Life In The Perilous Years Between The End Of The Empire And The Communist Triumph Of 1949, Charting Jade Virtue's Arranged First Marriage To The Corrupt Opium Addict Wang Mang, Who Harbors A Terrible Secret In His Family's Past; Her Awakening Independence And Ambivalent Politics; Her Struggles With Motherhood; And Her Fascinating Acquaintance With A Gifted, Idealistic, Fiercely Ambitious Young Man Named Mao Zedong. But The Most Important Choices Of Her Life Are Shaped By Her Conflicting Loyalties To Her Intense Lifelong Friendship With Jinyu, A Fiery Woman Revolutionary, And To Guai, A Government Official And Sworn Enemy Of The Communists, With Whom She Finally Discovers True And Redemptive Love.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alright Bookstore
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006197
- Title
- Dream of the Walled City
- Author
- Fleischman, Lisa Huang
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0671042297
- ISBN 13
- 9780671042295
- Publisher
- Washington Square Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, Usa
- Date Published
- 2001
- Pages
- 448
- Keywords
- Literature, Short Stories, Cultural, Asia, Fiction, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, China, General, Literary
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- X weight
- 700 g
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