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Peony is the cherished only child of the first wife of a wealthy Chinese nobleman. Yet she is betrothed to a man she has never met and as her sixteenth birthday approaches, she has spoken to no man other than her father and never ventured outside the cloistered women''s quarters of the Chen Family Villa. She is trapped like a good-luck cricket in a bamboo-and-lacquer cage and the romantic lyrics from the Chinese classic novel The Peony Pavilion mirror her own longings. Though raised to be obedient, Peony has dreams of her own. Her father engages a small theatrical troupe to perform scenes from the epic opera of The Peony Pavilion - a live spectacle that few women have ever seen - in their garden amidst the scent of ginger, green tea and jasmine. Peony''s mother is against the production: "Unmarried girls should not be seen in public." But Peony''s father prevails. Women will watch the opera from behind a screen to hide them from view and through a crack, Peony catches sight of an elegant, handsome man with hair as black as a cave and is immediately bewitched by him.So begins Peony''s journey of love, desire and sorrow as Lisa See''s haunting new novel takes readers back to seventeenth-century China and into the heart and soul of an unforgettable heroine.

See, LisaDans la Chine impériale du XIXe siècle, Fleur de Lis et Fleur de Neige naissent au même instant. Cette coïncidence et sa grande beauté permettent à Fleur de Lis, malgré son extraction modest

En una remota provincia de China, las mujeres crearon hace siglos un lenguaje secreto para comunicarse libremente entre sí: el nu shu. Aisladas en sus casas y sometidas a la férrea autoridad masculina, el nu shu era su unica via de escape. El año 2002, la autora de esta novela viajo a la provincia de Huan, cuna de esta milenaria escritura fonetica, para estudiarla en profundidad. A partir de aquellas investigaciones, Lisa See concibio esta conmovedora historia sobre la amistad entre dos mujeres, Lirio Blanco y Flor de Nieve.

Immersed in the richness and magic of the Chinese vision of the afterlife, transcending even death, See''s novel beautifully explores the many manifestations of love and addresses the age-old desire

Despues de cautivar a cientos de miles de lectores con El abanico de seda -la fascinante historia del nushu, el lenguaje secreto de las mujeres-, Lisa See abre una ventana a un mundo asombroso, donde la riqueza de la vida cotidiana se mezcla con el lado mas mistico de la cultura china. En la China del siglo XVII, los manchues se han alzado con el poder tras derrocar a la dinastia Ming. Ajena al cataclismo politico, la joven Peonia vive con su prospera familia en una hermosa casa junto al Lago del Oeste de Hangzhou. Educada de forma exquisita para convertirse en una esposa docil y culta, Peonia espera emocionada la celebracion de su decimosexto cumpleaños. Numerosos invitados asistiran a la representacion de la famosa opera El pabellon de las peonias en el jardin de su casa y ella conocera finalmente al joven que sus padres han elegido para desposarla. Sin embargo, la noche de la funcion, Peonia vislumbra entre los asistentes a un hombre apuesto y elegante, que despertara en ella una oleada de nuevas e irresistibles emociones.

En una remota provincia de China, las mujeres, que vivían aisladas en sus casas, crearon hace mil años un lenguaje secreto para comunicarse libremente entre sí: el nushu. Una humilde joven, Lirio Blanco, es hermanada con Florde Nieve, de una familia influyente.

A San Francisco, à la veille de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, trois jeunes Américaines d''origine chinoise se rencontrent en auditionnant pour un cabaret chic de la ville. De caractères et de familles

El abanico de seda, publicado en 2005, fue elegido por los libreros independientes de Estados Unidos como Libro del Mes y mereció el premio al Libro del Año que otorgan los libreros del sur de California. Desde entonces ha permanecido en los primeros puestos de diversas listas de libros mas vendidos en Norteamerica.

Two sisters escape war-ravaged Shanghai, only to face discrimination and the threat of deportation in the United States.See''s latest fictional exploration of the lives of Chinese women (Peony in Love, 2007, etc.) begins in 1937 Shanghai, a cosmopolitan city under imminent threat of Japanese invasion. As oblivious to rumors of their beloved city''s collapse as they are to their family''scircumstances, Pearl Chin and her younger sister May continue to shop, frequent nightclubs and pose for illustrator Z.G.''s advertising calendars featuring "Beautiful Girls." However, Papa Chin, having lost his fortune to gambling debts, has sold his daughters into marriage to Sam and Vern, sons of Chinese-American entrepreneur Old Man Louie. After hasty weddings (only Pearl''s union, with Sam, is consummated), the brides refuse to accompany their husbands to California. When Shanghai is bombed and Papa abruptly disappears, the women and their mother join the stream of refugees fleeing the Japanese on foot. Along the way, Pearl and her mother are brutally raped by Japanese soldiers, while May hides. Their mother does not survive, but the Chins reach Hong Kong and embark for the United States, having decided, in desperation, to join their husbands. At San Francisco''s notorious Angel Island immigrant-internment center, May, pregnant by a boyfriend, prolongs the sisters'' already extended quarantine until she is able to give birth in secrecy. Pearl claims May''s daughter Joy as her own and Sam''s. Once reunited with their spouses in L.A.''s Chinese district, the former Shanghai princesses must acclimatize themselves to a life of drudgery, toiling in the Louie family''s curio shops and restaurants. Despite engrossing complications involving immigration issues and the impact of the ''50s Red Scare on Chinese-Americans, the Chinatown section, spanning 20 years, seems overlong. The final chapters, however, wherein Z.G.''s Beautiful Girl artwork resurfaces as Maoist propaganda and the FBI stalks the family, are worth the wait.The close suggests See''s next setting may be the People''s Republic, a development sure to please her readership.

Lily is the daughter of a humble farmer, and to her family she is just another expensive mouth to feed. Then the local matchmaker delivers startling news: if Lily's feet are bound properly, they will be flawless. In nineteenth-century China, where a woman's eligibility is judged by the shape and size of her feet, this is extraordinary good luck. Lily now has the power to make a good marriage and change the fortunes of her family. To prepare for her new life, she must undergo the agonies of footbinding, learn nu shu, the famed secret women's writing, and make a very special friend, Snow Flower. But a bitter reversal of fortune is about to change everything.

Nineteen-year-old Joy Louie has run away from her home in 1950s America to start a new life in China. Idealistic and unafraid, she believes that Chairman Mao is on the side of the people, despite what her family keeps telling her. How can she trust them, when she has just learned that her parents have lied to her for her whole life, that her mother Pearl is really her aunt and that her real father is a famous artist who has been living in China all these years? Joy arrives in Green Dragon Village, where families live in crowded, windowless huts and eke out a meagre existence from the red soil. And where a handsome young comrade catches her eye...Meanwhile, Pearl returns to China to bring her daughter home - if she can. For Mao has launched his Great Leap Forward, and each passing season brings ever greater hardship to cities and rural communes alike. Joy must rely on her skill as a painter and Pearl must use her contacts from her decadent childhood in 1930s Shanghai to find a way to safety, and a chance of joy for them both.Haunting, passionate and heartbreakingly real, this is the unforgettable new novel by the internationally acclaimed Lisa See.

In her most powerful novel yet, Lisa See returns to these timeless themes, continuing the story of sisters Pearl and May from Shanghai Girls, and Pearls strong-willed nineteen-year-old daughter, Joy. Reeling from newly uncovered family secrets, and anger at her mother and aunt for keeping them from her, Joy runs away to Shanghai in early 1957 to find her birth fatherthe artist Z.G. Li, with whom both May and Pearl were once in love. Dazzled by him, and blinded by idealism and defiance, Joy throws herself into the New Society of Red China, heedless of the dangers in the communist regime.

remd, exotisch, geheimnisvoll - der bewegende Roman einer groen Frauenfreundschaft im China des 19. Jahrhunderts!China im 19. Jahrhundert: Lilie und Schneerose wachsen in einer Welt auf, in der Madchen als Last gelten und in der mit dem Binden der Fue auch ihr Herz gefesselt werden soll. Mit siebzehn Jahren werden beide verheiratet. Dank der Geheimschrift Nushu, die nur Frauen vorbehalten ist, gelingt es den Freundinnen, in Kontakt zu bleiben. Zu besonderen Anlassen schreiben sich die beiden Madchen sogar Gedichte in Nushu auf einen Seidenfacher, der immer zwischen ihnen hin und her wandert. Doch die Sehnsucht nach Liebe, Gluck und Freiheit kann ihnen niemand nehmen ...

A fascinating memoir of a Chinese-American family Las fascinantes memorias de una familia chino-americana.

The author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love, and Shanghai Girls has garnered international acclaim for her great skill at rendering the intricate relationships of women and the complex meeting of history and fate. Now comes Lisa Sees highly anticipated new novel, China Dolls.Its 1938 in San Francisco: a worlds fair is preparing to open on Treasure Island, a war is brewing overseas, and the city is alive with possibilities. Grace, Helen, and Ruby, three young women from very different backgrounds, meet by chance at the exclusive and glamorous Forbidden City nightclub. Grace Lee, an American-born Chinese girl, has fled the Midwest with nothing but heartache, talent, and a pair of dancing shoes. Helen Fong lives with her extended family in Chinatown, where her traditional parents insist that she guard her reputation like a piece of jade. The stunning Ruby Tom challenges the boundaries of convention at every turn with her defiant attitude and no-holds-barred ambition.The girls become fast friends, relying on one another through unexpected challenges and shifting fortunes. When their dark secrets are exposed and the invisible thread of fate binds them even tighter, they find the strength and resilience to reach for their dreams. But after the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, paranoia and suspicion threaten to destroy their lives, and a shocking act of betrayal changes everything.

Sud-ouest de la Chine, années 1990. Sur le mont Nannuo, la culture du thé rythme depuis toujours la vie des Akha, un peuple aux méthodes de récolte archaïques et aux principes religieux très stricts.

It's 1938 and the exclusive Oriental nightclub in San Francisco's Forbidden City is holding auditions for showgirls. In the dark, scandalous glamour of the club, three girls from very different backgrounds stumble into each other lives. All the girls have secrets. Grace, an American-born Chinese girl, has fled the Midwest and an abusive father. Helen is from a Chinese family which has deep roots in San Francisco's Chinatown. And, as both her friends know, Ruby is Japanese passing as Chinese. Then, in a heartbeat, everything changes. The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor and paranoia, suspicion, and a shocking act of betrayal, threaten to destroy their lives.