Dragonfly Eyes Paperback / softback
by Cao Wenxuan
Paperback / softback
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A family saga spanning fifty years and three generations, which takes the reader from the France of the Golden Age to poverty-stricken post-war Shanghai via the re-imagined rural China of the Cultural Revolution. Ah-Mei and her French grandmother, Nainai, share a rare bond.
Maybe because Ah-Mei is the only girl grandchild, or maybe because the pair look so alike – and because neither look much like the rest of their Chinese family.
Politics and war make 1960s Shanghai a hard place to grow up, especially when racism and bigotry are rife, and everyone is suspicious of Nainai’s European heritage.
Ah-Mei and her family suffer much in this time of political upheaval, and when the family silk business falters, they are left with almost nothing.
But Ah-Mei and her grandmother are resourceful, and they have one another – and the tenderness they share brings them great strength.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:384 pages
- Publisher:Walker Books Ltd
- Publication Date:07/01/2021
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- ISBN:9781406378252
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In Stock - More than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:384 pages
- Publisher:Walker Books Ltd
- Publication Date:07/01/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9781406378252