The bathing women
By: Tie Ning ; translated by Hongling Zhang and Jason Sommer
Contributors: Zhang, Hongling; Sommer, Jason
Edition: Large Print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press Large Print Reviewers' Choice; Thorndike Press large print reviewers' choice
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 655
ISBN-13: 9781410456182
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Social life and customs; Manners and customs; Female friendship; Fiction
Work titles: Da yu nü
Description: A stunningly original book that follows the lives of four young professional women in contemporary China - Tiao, a children's book editor, her sister Fan, who thinks escaping to America might solve her problems, hedonistic and self-destructive Fei, and Youyou, a chef - from childhood during the Cultural Revolution to adulthood in the new market economy.