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Dragonfly Eyes

Cao Wenxuan
3.91/5 (136 ratings)
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A family saga spanning fifty years and three generations, which takes the reader from the France of the Golden Age to poverty-stricken post-war Shanghai via the re-imagined rural China of the Cultural Revolution.
Ah-Mei and her French grandmother, Nainai, share a rare bond. Maybe because Ah-Mei is the only girl grandchild, or maybe because the pair look so alike – and because neither look much like the rest of their Chinese family. Politics and war make 1960s Shanghai a hard place to grow up, especially when racism and bigotry are rife, and everyone is suspicious of Nainai’s European heritage. Ah-Mei and her family suffer much in this time of political upheaval, and when the family silk business falters, they are left with almost nothing. But Ah-Mei and her grandmother are resourceful, and they have one another – and the tenderness they share brings them great strength.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
416 pages
Publication:
2021
Publisher:
Walker Books
Edition:
1
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1406378259
ISBN13:
9781406378252
kindle Asin:
B086GT8PHY

Dragonfly Eyes

Cao Wenxuan
3.91/5 (136 ratings)
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A family saga spanning fifty years and three generations, which takes the reader from the France of the Golden Age to poverty-stricken post-war Shanghai via the re-imagined rural China of the Cultural Revolution.
Ah-Mei and her French grandmother, Nainai, share a rare bond. Maybe because Ah-Mei is the only girl grandchild, or maybe because the pair look so alike – and because neither look much like the rest of their Chinese family. Politics and war make 1960s Shanghai a hard place to grow up, especially when racism and bigotry are rife, and everyone is suspicious of Nainai’s European heritage. Ah-Mei and her family suffer much in this time of political upheaval, and when the family silk business falters, they are left with almost nothing. But Ah-Mei and her grandmother are resourceful, and they have one another – and the tenderness they share brings them great strength.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
416 pages
Publication:
2021
Publisher:
Walker Books
Edition:
1
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1406378259
ISBN13:
9781406378252
kindle Asin:
B086GT8PHY

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