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Sky Burial
As a young girl in China Xinran heard a rumour about a soldier in Tibet who had been brutally fed to the vultures in a ritual known as a sky burial: the tale frightened and …
Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love
Now in paperback one of the most stirring accounts of the lives of Chinese women since Wild Swans "full of heart-rending tales....shocking, simply told...a very powerful polemic" …
Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother
Ten chapters, ten women and many stories of heartbreak, including her own: Xinran once again takes us right into the lives of Chinese women and their lost daughters. Whether as a …
The Book of Secrets
The story of a family in modern China with a history of deceit, betrayal and political intrigue, and the communist party's long shadow over them, from the Cultural Revolution to …
Tapte døtre
"Tapte døtre" handler om kinesiske kvinner som har vært tvunget til å gi fra seg sine nyfødte døtre. Døtre har liten verdi, de må ofres for sønner som kan bidra til familiens …
Book of Secrets
The story of a family in modern China with a history of deceit, betrayal and political intrigue, and the communist party's long shadow over them, from the Cultural Revolution to …
Buy Me the Sky
Tells the remarkable stories of men and women born in China after 1979 - the recent generations raised under China's single-child policy. From the businessman's son unable to pack …
Poetics of Minds and Madness
This monograph aims to explore the mind-narrative nexus by conducting a cognitive narratological study on the mad minds in fictional narratives. Set on the interface of narrative …
Buy Me the Sky
'Fast-paced and punchy ... accomplished' Independent With journalistic acumen and a novelist's flair, Xinran tells the remarkable stories of men and women born in China after 1979 …
What the Chinese Don't Eat
What the Chinese Don't Eat collects these pieces together for the first time to give one unique Chinese woman's perspective on the connections and differences between the lives of …
Family, Children, and Tourism in China
This edited volume explores various issues in family tourism studies and complements the dramatic development of this market segment in China. The book concentrates on family and …
GOOD WOMEN OF CHINA
An account of how Xinran, a Chinese radio presenter, negotiated the minefield of restrictions imposed on her and her fellow journalists in order to reach out to women across the …