Pangyuan, Chi
The Great Flowing River
- ISBN 13:
- 9780231188401
- author:
- Pangyuan, Chi
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 480
- Dimensions:
- 22.9 x 15.2 centimetres (0.79 kg
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary Collections, Asian,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Great Flowing River: A Memoir of China, from Manchuria to Taiwan
This personal account of modern China and Taiwan's history is told in rich detail by noted scholar and writer Chi Pang-yuan. Born in mainland China and raised in pre-occupation Manchuria, Chi recounts her childhood and youth against the backdrop of war with Japan.
From her coming-of-age story to her later life in Taiwan, Chi's remarkable journey humanizes the turbulent times she lived through. With a unique perspective as a mainlander living in Taiwan after the Communist victory, this memoir offers an immersive account of post-war history from within.
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