The Bathing Women - Hardcover

Ning, Tie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410456188 ISBN 13: 9781410456182

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2013

Synopsis

A first English-language translation of a best-selling book by the Chinese Writers Association president traces the lives of four women in China from their shared childhoods during the Cultural Revolution to adulthood in the new market economy of the 1990s, from children's book editor Tiao and her America-idealizing sister Fan to the self-destructive hedonist Fei and the chef Youyou. (historical fiction).

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Review:

‘If I were to pick the ten best literary works in the world of the past ten years, I would definitely rank THE BATHING WOMEN among them’ Kenzaburō Ōe, Nobel Laureate

‘As this spirited quartet chase their dreams against a backdrop of shifting cultural values, the novel - a million-copy seller in China - blends romance and feminism to paint an intimate portrait of these women’s ambitions, appetites and rivalries’ DAILY MAIL

‘[A] fascinating story of sisters growing up in the shadow of the cultural revolution’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

About the Author:

Tie Ning won a national short story award at the age of twenty-five and is the recipient of numerous other literary prizes. She has published ten books―collections of short fiction, essays, and novels―three of which were made into movies and television series, including The Bathing Women. In 2006, at the age of forty-nine, she was elected president of the Chinese Writers Association, becoming the youngest writer and first woman to be honored in this way. Her works have been translated into Russian, German, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Danish, Norwegian, and Vietnamese. The Bathing Women is her first work to be translated into English.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1410456188
• ISBN 13: 9781410456182
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 655