Dragonfly eyes / Cao Wenxuan ; translated by Helen Wang.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Chinese Publication details: London : Walker Books and Subsidiaries, 2020.Description: 432 pages ; 20 cmISBN:- 9781406378252 (pbk.) :
- F WEN 23
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Translated from the Chinese.
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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