The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices

Informationen zum Autor Xinran was born in Beijing in 1958 and was a successful journalist and radio presenter in China. In 1997 she moved to London, where she began work on her seminal book about Chinese women's lives, The Good Women of China . Since then she has written a regular column for the Guardian; appeared frequently on radio and TV and has published the acclaimed Sky Burial; the novel Miss Chopsticks; the groundbreaking book of oral history China Witness; a book of her Guardian columns called What the Chinese Don't Eat and Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother , about mothers and their lost daughters. She lives in London but travels regularly to China. Klappentext Insight into the lives of women in China, from the one-time presenter of a Chinese radio phone-in show. Received a great deal of coverage in hardback. Strong human interest angle. "a book from deep in the heart of China. As shocking as it is revealing...An extraordinary and eye-opening read" Jon Snow Zusammenfassung For eight groundbreaking years, Xinran presented a radio programme in China during which she invited women to call in and talk about themselves.

Product details

• Authors: Xinran
• Assisted by: Esther Tyldesley (Translation)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.06.2003
• EAN: 9780099440789
• ISBN: 978-0-09-944078-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Series: VINTAGE BOOKS
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Novel-like biographies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Gender studies: women, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Gender studies: women and girls