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Title: Daughter of the River: An Autobiography by Hong Ying ISBN: 0-8021-3660-5 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: January, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the better autobiographies of recent Chinese life
Comment: I have read many accounts of life in China, and I found that Hong Ying's autobiography is outstanding. Most autobiographies have been written by Chinese intellectuals, but Hong Ying grew up in abject poverty. Her very survival is a testament to incredible perseverence. That she not only survived, but became a talented writer, is nothing short of miraculous. This book has been termed a "Chinese Angela's Ashes," and I believe that that is an apt comparison.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful reading...
Comment: Daughter of The River is a story of a young woman dealing with the many adversities that she faced in the slums of China. Hong Ying writes this book from her perspective as an 18 year old although she was in her 30's when this was written. Her family was extremely unemotional and unattached to her throughout her childhood, and as young as she was she always wondered why. It wasn't until she turned 18 that she found out the "secret" as to why everyone in her family treated her as if she was invisible. Of course everything was about "face" and protecting the family name which only compounded her troubles.
Ms. Ying has overcomed her many stuggles to become a successful writer, yet from her book you can feel how deep the scars truly are. My only complaint would be that she tends to jump around in telling her story, but overall it is a sad, yet delightful read knowing that with determination and a strong will she made it out of the slums.
Rating: 2
Summary: If you must read it, borrow it from the library.
Comment: I just had a hard time reading/understanding/finishing this book. I did finally finish it because I wanted to know the mystery behind the author's father, but in the end the whole book was disappointing. I guess it's a matter of the book's structure. The author jumps from one time setting to another so often, it gets totally confusing! Also she intertwines different stories of different family members and other people in her life, that it's easy to confuse the characters. Some of the language sounds awkward, the curse words seem...forced. Also after a while, the author's unceasing bitterness towards life tended to grate on my nerves.
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Title: Wild Ginger: A Novel by Anchee Min ISBN: 0618068864 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Pub. Date: 08 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: Red Azalea by Anchee Min ISBN: 0425147762 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Becoming Madame Mao by Anchee Min ISBN: 0618127003 Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 15 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices by Xinran, Esther Tyldesley ISBN: 1400030803 Publisher: Anchor Books/Doubleday Pub. Date: 11 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Thirty Years in a Red House: A Memoir of Childhood and Youth in Communist China by Xiao Di Zhu ISBN: 155849216X Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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