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Four Sisters of Hofei: A History Paperback – January 20, 2004
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With the benefit of letters, diaries, poetry, and interviews, writer and historian Annping Chin shapes the Chang sisters' stories into a composite history steeped in China's artistic tradition and intertwined with the political unrest and social revolutions of the twentieth century.
- Print length384 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateJanuary 20, 2004
- Dimensions5.5 x 1.2 x 8.5 inches
- ISBN-100743244664
- ISBN-13978-0743244664
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The New York Times Book Review Chin's style is fluent without verbosity, poetic without ostentation....This is, above all, a story of private lives, sometimes quite alien, sometimes disturbingly familiar. Chin is...to be commended for...re-creating a world that would otherwise have been lost to us.
The Washington Times This is a charming book, full of quiet scholarship and illuminating insights, and offers the Western reader a good introduction to the long tragedy of 20th-century China.
The Sunday Telegraph (London) Remarkable....It is not often that you read something so powerfully understated. One hesitates to throw the word `uplifting' around, yet it is appropriate here.
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- Publisher : Scribner (January 20, 2004)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 384 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0743244664
- ISBN-13 : 978-0743244664
- Item Weight : 14.3 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 1.2 x 8.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #5,758,005 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,008 in Historical China Biographies
- #10,762 in Chinese History (Books)
- #16,605 in Women in History
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I have just seen a Chinese translation of the work in a bookshop a few days ago. I wonder whether Chinese readers will find this take too superficial.
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Overall it is a good book. I have read half of the book within a week.
I wish I bought the hardcover version, the font size for the paperback is so small.