Anchee Min

Follows the last empress of China, as Empress Orchid copes with tragic personal losses as she struggles to save her crumbling empire.

The Last Empress

This is an evocation of the woman who married Chairman Mao and fought to succeed him. The unwanted daughter of a concubine, she refused to have her feet bound, ran away to join an opera troupe and eventually met Mao Zedong in the mountains of Yenan.

Becoming Madame Mao

A woman who grew up in China during its Cultural Revolution describes the grueling physical labor she endured on Red Fire Farm, her forced segregation from men, her sexual relationship with her platoon leader, and her introduction to acting.

Red Azalea

In the small southern town of Chin-kiang, two young girls from very different worlds collide and become inseparable companions. Willow is hardened by poverty and fearful for her future; Pearl is the daughter of a Christian missionary who desperately wishes she was Chinese too. Neither could have foreseen the transformation of the little American girl embarrassed by her blonde hair into the Nobel Prize-winning writer and one of China's modern heroines, Pearl S. Buck. When the country erupts in civil war between the Nationalists and the Communists, Pearl and Willow are brutally reminded of their differences. Pearl's family is forced to flee the country and Willow is punished for her loyalty to her 'cultural imperialist' friend. And yet, in the face of everything that threatens to tear them apart, the paths of these two women remain intimately entwined.

Pearl of China

a novel

Narrated by Maple, a less than passionate Maoist whose father is imprisoned for a minor crime, a powerful story of desire during the time of the Cultural Revolution follows Wild Ginger, who, due to tragic circumstances, embraces Maoism and soon becomes a national model for Maoism, which prohibits romantic love, forcing her to make a difficult decision when she falls in love with a young man. Reprint.

Wild Ginger

It is the final days of the Chinese Empire. Trade in Opium with Europe is slowly corroding the power of the Ch'ing Dynasty. Orchid, a beautiful seventeen-year-old from an aristocratic, but impoverished family, is pushed into the maelstrom when she finds herself unexpectedly chosen to become a lower-ranking concubine of the Emperor. The world inside the Forbidden City is erotically charged and highly ritualised, but beneath its immaculate face lie whispers of murder and ghosts. The thousands of concubines will go to any lengths to bear the Emperor a son and become his Empress. Determined not to be a victim of the jealousies and foul play, Orchid trains herself in the art of pleasing a man, bribes her way into the royal bed and seduces the monarch. Little does she know that China will collapse around her, and she will be its last Empress.

Empress Orchid

Presents the evocative story of Zebra Wong, a Chinese girl whose pragmaticism conflicts with her passionate heart, her classmate Lion Head, and Katherine, the seductive American with the red lipstick and wild laugh who teaches them English and other foreign concepts such as individualism, sensuality, and the Beatles. By the author of Red Azalea. Reprint.

Katherine

A sequel to the internationally best-selling Red Azalea traces the author's journey from the painful deprivations of her homeland to the sudden bounty of America, where she endures five jobs, crime and a painful marriage before the birth of a daughter inspires her writing career.

A Memoir

The Cooked Seed

Mihaela Negrilă

Împ̌ařateasa orhidee

Ultima imparateasa

Perla Chinei

viaţa şi dragostea în China

Azaleea Roşie

Cum am devenit doamna Mao

Una joven consigue escapar de la China comunista de Mao con la ilusión de iniciar una nueva vida y cumplir el sueño de ser libre. Basada en una historia real. Después de Azalea roja y Madame Mao, Anchee Min vuelve a fascinarnos con el relato de sus primeros años en Estados Unidos. La historia de una joven china que se atrevió a soñar con la libertad en Occidente es un testimonio sincero y a la vez una apasionante novela de superación personal. En su China natal la consideraban una mujer sin futuro, una «semilla seca». La única opción de Anchee era la huida: dejar atrás aquel régimen totalitario y empezar de nuevo en un país donde existiera la libertad. Pero la tierra prometida tampoco se revela como un lugar fácil, sobre todo al principio, cuando la soledad se alía con la pobreza. Una ciudad desconocida y no siempre acogedora, trabajos precarios, marginación social y desalmados dispuestos a aprovecharse. Esta es la realidad que parece empeñarse en acompañar a la muchacha en su país adoptivo. Sin embargo, pese a todos estos sinsabores, Anchee nunca pierde la esperanza de que un día se imponga la alegría. En el fondo de su corazón, la experiencia le ha enseñado que esa semilla de Oriente no crecerá solo gracias a los cálidos y amables rayos del sol, sino que también hacen falta las frías gotas de lluvia para llegar a florecer. Reseñas: «Una obra inspiradora, de gran ambición y fortaleza.» Kirkus Reviews «En este libro, la escritura de Min es tan hermosa y absorbente como siempre. La buena lluvia sabe cuándo caer te enganchará y perseverará en ti durante mucho tiempo.» The Huffington Post «Una escritora apasionada y sin temores.» The New York Times

La buena lluvia sabe cuándo caer

La perla de China

Anchee

To rescue her family from poverty and avoid marrying her slope-shouldered cousin, seventeen-year-old Orchid competes to be one of the Emperor's wives. When she is chosen as a lower-ranking concubine she enters the erotically charged and ritualised Forbidden City. But beneath its immaculate facade lie whispers of murders and ghosts, and the thousands of concubines will stoop to any lengths to bear the Emperor's son. Orchid trains herself in the art of pleasuring a man, bribes her way into the royal bed, and seduces the monarch, drawing the attention of dangerous foes. Little does she know that China will collapse around her, and that she will be its last Empress.

‘Parel van China’ vertelt het indrukwekkende verhaal van twee meisjes uit compleet verschillende families in China die niet zonder elkaar kunnen. Wilg groeit op in een arme familie op het platteland en de ouders van Pearl zijn christelijke missionarissen. Naarmate ze ouder worden, gaat Wilg op in het maoïsme, terwijl Pearl een Nobelprijs wint voor haar schrijftalent. Hun vriendschap wordt op de proef gesteld, wanneer de burgeroorlog uitbreekt en Pearl het land uit wordt gezet. Zelfs Wilg, een voorbeeldige communist, wordt gestraft voor haar vriendschap met Pearl. Zal de hechte vriendschap tussen de twee vrouwen standhouden, ondanks de pijn, oorlog en gevangenschap? Anchee Min (1957) is geboren in Shanghai en groeide op tijdens de Culturele Revolutie in China. Als tiener werkte ze onder erbarmelijke omstandigheden op een boerderij, waarna ze werd uitgekozen om te acteren in een communistische film. In 1984 verhuisde ze naar Amerika en begon ze te schrijven over haar memoires. Haar debuut ‘Rode Azalea’ werd een internationale bestseller en werd in twintig landen gepubliceerd. Ook schreef ze meerdere historische romans over China met sterke vrouwen in de hoofdrol, zoals 'Keizerin Orchidee' en 'Parel van China'. Anchee woont met haar man en dochter in Los Angeles en Shanghai.

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