MaidenhomeWritten over the last decade of tumult and transformation in the People's Republic of China, these stories bring us authentic and startling portraits of women trapped in a society that straddles Confucian patriarchy, communist self-sacrifice and imported Western culture. "This is a strong collection of realistic fiction.... here are modern Chinese women's lives in all their diversity."--Australian Bookseller and Publisher |
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