ENGLISH

Becoming Madame Mao

By Anchee Min

Book information

Publisher
Mariner Books
Year
2001
ISBN
0618127003, 9780618127009
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
269 kB (275182 bytes)
Edition
None
Pages
330\0
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

From the best-selling author of RED AZALEA, this extraordinary novel tells the stirring, erotically charged story of Madame Mao Zedong, the woman almost universally known as the 'white-boned demon,' whom many hold directly responsible for the excesses of the Cultural Revolution. Bringing her lush psychological insight to bear on the facts of history, Min penetrates the myth surrounding this woman and provides a "convincing, nuanced portrait of a damaged personality" (Entertainment Weekly) driven by ambition, betrayal, and a never-to-be-fulfilled need to be loved. With all the compressed drama and high lyrical poetry of great opera, BECOMING MADAME MAO is a "remarkable accomplishment . . . Madame Mao is finally given her own voice" (Ha Jin).

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