The Lily Theatre - Paperback
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The Lily Theatre - Paperback
$19.00
by Lulu Wang (Author)
A strikingly original debut novel--and an international literary sensation--based on the author's experience growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution. - "An original writer of real talent." --The New York Times Book Review
When twelve-year-old Lian Shui accompanies her mother to reeducation camp, no one imagines that Lian will receive an education. But detained along with her mother are some of China's greatest thinkers and they take an interest in young Lian. She in turn delivers lectures of her own to the creatures inhabiting a pond she dubs "The Lily Theater." These ideas inform her life when she returns to school and reunites with her best friend Kim, a peasant girl through whom Lian ultimately learns about the painful failings of Mao's teachings-and of life.
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The Lily Theater is a strikingly original debut novel-an international literary sensation-based on the author's experience growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution.
When twelve-year-old Lian Shui accompanies her mother to reeducation camp, no one imagines that Lian will receive an education. But detained along with her mother are some of China's greatest thinkers and they take an interest in young Lian. She in turn delivers lectures of her own to the creatures inhabiting a pond she dubs "The Lily Theater." These ideas inform her life when she returns to school and reunites with her best friend Kim, a peasant girl through whom Lian ultimately learns about the painful failings of Mao's teachings-and of life.
Author Biography
LULU WANG was born in Beijing in 1960. She lives in The Hague, Netherlands.
Number of Pages: 448
Dimensions: 0.98 x 8 x 5.3 IN
Publication Date: November 06, 2001
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