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The Water Lily Pond: A Village Girl's Journey in Maoist China by Li, Han Z.

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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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Binding
Paperback
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Product Group
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ISBN
9780889204317
Book Title
Water Lily Pond : a Village Girl's Journey in Maoist China
Item Length
8.4in
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Publication Year
2004
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.6in
Author
Han Z. Li
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Coming of Age, Biographical, Asian American, Historical
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
10.6 Oz
Number of Pages
264 Pages

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This evocative narrative draws us into the inner life of a young Chinese peasant girl, May-ping, and her first glimmerings of youthful love and idealism under the Maoist regime in China. As she grows into a mature woman, she becomes increasingly aware of the strife around her. An intelligent girl born into a Poor-Class family in a small village in rural China, she is, because of the Maoist policy towards such families, able to pursue her dream of going to university. To her surprise, urban snobbery and "student thought-spying" at university make it essential for her to hide her real thoughts. Such self-protection becomes especially necessary once her idealistic boyfriend Dan -- a secret boyfriend because young people were forbidden to be romantically involved -- is sent to a labour camp for his outspoken ways. In her village, she learns that everything has value except the lives of girls and women. One of her childhood friends, a landowner's daughter who because of her family's Landlord Class, is not allowed to go to university drowns herself when forced to face an arranged marriage. Hua-Hua, a shy and gentle neighbour, hangs herself after her husband beats her brutally for not bearing him a son. May-ping manages to survive the Cultural Revolution as a member of the Communist party who feels outside the system and keeps her inner self intact. Her story reveals how political change during the Maoist regime left its mark on ordinary people. Employing stories within stories, the narrator carries the reader to a mythological realm to images of the resilient water lilies and the nurturing lily pond.

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Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
ISBN-10
0889204314
ISBN-13
9780889204317
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5922391

Product Key Features

Book Title
Water Lily Pond : a Village Girl's Journey in Maoist China
Author
Han Z. Li
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Coming of Age, Biographical, Asian American, Historical
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
264 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
10.6 Oz

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A jewel of a book, captivating, full of history, stories, love, wisdom, and the intriguing lure of possibility. A powerful narrative with vividly drawn characters and events from the everyday lives of ordinary people who are, remarkably, living these lives through one of the most turbulent periods in recent Chinese history: the Cultural Revolution., The Water Lily Pond is, like traditional Chinese painting, subtle and richly textured, and it introduces a non-Western perspective. It also provides us with a view of history through one particular womans story. Han Z. Lis literary tour-de-force is a gift to us all.
Copyright Date
2004
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
Life Writing Ser.
Dewey Edition
21

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