Screen LibraryBig breasts & wide hips : a novel /
"In a country where patriarchal favoritism and the primacy of sons survived multiple revolutions and an ideological earthquake, this epic novel is first and foremost about women. As the title implies, the female body serves as the book's most important image and metaphor. The protagonist,...
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| Literature type: | Book |
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English Chinese |
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"In a country where patriarchal favoritism and the primacy of sons survived multiple revolutions and an ideological earthquake, this epic novel is first and foremost about women. As the title implies, the female body serves as the book's most important image and metaphor. The protagonist, Mother, is born in 1900. Married at seventeen into the Shangguan family, she has nine children, none by her husband, who is sterile. The youngest is her only boy, the narrator of the book, a spoiled and ineffectual child who stands in stark contrast to his headstrong and forceful sisters. Mother, a survivor |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 532 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Awards: | "2012 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature"--Cover. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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9781611453430 (pbk.) : 1611453437 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | PL2886 |
| CLC: | I247.57 |
| Call Number: | I247.57/M687-12 |