The Power of Weakness: Four Stories of the Chinese Revolution
This unique four-story collection juxtaposes the Chinese writing master Lu Hsun’s pre-revolutionary fiction about rural women’s personal sacrifices to custom and social expectations with Ding Ling’s revolutionary inspirational literature of women’s survival despite wartime atrocities. The result is a fascinating collection about the force of tradition and the historical moments that empower women to renegotiate their position in society.\ Named the “commander of China’s cultural revolution”...
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Two of China's greatest 20th century writers renegotiate woman's sense of self and place
