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Becoming Madame Mao / : a novel

& P & From the author of the international bestseller & i & Empress Orchid & /i & comes the stirring, erotically charged story of the woman known as 'the white-boned demon' - the ambitious wife of Chairman Mao whose actions led to the death of millions in the Cultural Revolution. & /p & & p & From the young, unwanted daughter of a concubine, defiant in her refusal to have her feet bound, to the wayward, beautiful actress on the stages of Shanghai, to the ruthless, charismatic partner of the great revolutionary leader, Mao Zedong, Anchee Min moves seamlessly from the intimately personal to the broad sweep of w.

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  • "Becoming Madame Mao"@pl
  • "Becoming madame Mao"@it

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  • "& P & From the author of the international bestseller & i & Empress Orchid & /i & comes the stirring, erotically charged story of the woman known as 'the white-boned demon' - the ambitious wife of Chairman Mao whose actions led to the death of millions in the Cultural Revolution. & /p & & p & From the young, unwanted daughter of a concubine, defiant in her refusal to have her feet bound, to the wayward, beautiful actress on the stages of Shanghai, to the ruthless, charismatic partner of the great revolutionary leader, Mao Zedong, Anchee Min moves seamlessly from the intimately personal to the broad sweep of w."@en
  • "From the Publisher: In a sweeping, erotically charged story that moves gracefully from the intimately personal to the great stage of world history, Anchee Min renders a powerful tale of passion, betrayal, and survival and creates a finely nuanced and always ambiguous portrait of one of the most fascinating, and vilified, women of the twentieth century. Madame Mao is almost universally known as the "white-boned demon"--Ambitious, vindictive, and cruel-whose bid to succeed her husband led to the death of millions. But Min's story begins with a young girl named Yunhe, the unwanted daughter of a concubine who ignored her mother's pleas and refused to have her feet bound. It was the first act of rebellion for this headstrong, beautiful, and charismatic girl. She later fled the miseries of her family life, first to a provincial opera troupe, then to Shanghai and fame as an actress, and finally to the arid, mountainous regions of Yenan, where she fell in love with and married Mao Zedong. The great revolutionary leader proved to be an inattentive husband with a voracious appetite for infidelity, but the couple stayed together through the Communist victory, the disastrous Great Leap Forward, and the chaos of the Cultural Revolution. Min uses the facts of history and her lush, penetrating psychological imagination to take us beyond the myth of the person who so greatly influenced an entire generation of Chinese. The result is a complex portrait of a woman who railed against the confines of her culture, whose deep-seated insecurities propelled her to reinvent herself constantly, and whose ambition was matched only by her ferocious, never-to-be-fulfilled need to be loved. A daring narrative with all the compressed drama and high lyrical poetry of great opera, BECOMING MADAME MAO is the most ambitious and provocative work of Anchee Min's career."@en
  • "Madame Mao is almost universally known as the "white-boned demon"--Ambitious, vindictive, and cruel -- whose bid to succeed her husband led to the death of millions. But Anchee Min's story begins with a young girl named Yunhe, the unwanted daughter of a concubine who ignored the pleas of her mother and refused to have her feet bound. It was the first act of rebellion for this headstrong, beautiful, and charismatic girl who fled the miseries of her family life, first to a provincial opera troupe, then to Shanghai and fame as an actress, and finally to the arid, mountainous regions of Yenan, where she fell in love with and married Mao Zedong. The great revolutionary leader proved to be an inattentive husband with an insatiable appetite for infidelity, but the couple stayed together through the Communist victory, the disastrous Great Leap Forward, and the chaos of the Cultural Revolution."@en
  • "This is an evocation of the woman who married Chairman Mao and fought to succeed him. The unwanted daughter of a concubine, she refused to have her feet bound, ran away to join an opera troupe and eventually met Mao Zedong in the mountains of Yenan."@en
  • "Het levensverhaal van de laatste echtgenote van Mao Zedong, de voormalige actrice en operazangeres Jiang Ching (1914-1991)."
  • "From the author of Empress Orchid. Madame Mao is almost universally known as an ambitious, vindictive and cruel woman, whose bid to succeed her husband led to the death of millions. But her story begins with her childhood self, Yunhe; the daughter of a concubine, she refused to have her feet bound in a first act of rebellion. She later fled the miseries of her childhood, first joining a provincial opera troupe then making a name for herself on the Shanghai stage. She married Mao Zedong, but the revolutionary leader proved to be an inattentive husband with an appetite for infidelity. Despite this, the couple stayed together throughout the Communist victory and the Cultural Revolution. A complex portrayal of one of history's most vilified women, Becoming Madame Mao is a startling and moving achievement."
  • "A biographical novel about the powerful wife of Mao Zedong."
  • "From the Publisher: In a sweeping, erotically charged story that moves gracefully from the intimately personal to the great stage of world history, Anchee Min renders a powerful tale of passion, betrayal, and survival and creates a finely nuanced and always ambiguous portrait of one of the most fascinating, and vilified, women of the twentieth century. Madame Mao is almost universally known as the "white-boned demon" -ambitious, vindictive, and cruel-whose bid to succeed her husband led to the death of millions. But Min's story begins with a young girl named Yunhe, the unwanted daughter of a concubine who ignored her mother's pleas and refused to have her feet bound. It was the first act of rebellion for this headstrong, beautiful, and charismatic girl. She later fled the miseries of her family life, first to a provincial opera troupe, then to Shanghai and fame as an actress, and finally to the arid, mountainous regions of Yenan, where she fell in love with and married Mao Zedong. The great revolutionary leader proved to be an inattentive husband with a voracious appetite for infidelity, but the couple stayed together through the Communist victory, the disastrous Great Leap Forward, and the chaos of the Cultural Revolution. Min uses the facts of history and her lush, penetrating psychological imagination to take us beyond the myth of the person who so greatly influenced an entire generation of Chinese. The result is a complex portrait of a woman who railed against the confines of her culture, whose deep-seated insecurities propelled her to reinvent herself constantly, and whose ambition was matched only by her ferocious, never-to-be-fulfilled need to be loved. A daring narrative with all the compressed drama and high lyrical poetry of great opera, BECOMING MADAME MAO is the most ambitious and provocative work of Anchee Min's career."

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  • "Biographical fiction"
  • "Biographical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Biografické romány"
  • "Fiction in English"
  • "Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)"@en
  • "Anglicky psané romány"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Blindendruck"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Powieść amerykańska"@pl
  • "Large type books"
  • "Biographical novels"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "True stories"@en

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  • "Li-heyot Madam Maʼo"
  • "Il pavone rosso"
  • "Il pavone rosso"@it
  • "Mādām Māʼu"
  • "Becoming Madame Mao / : a novel"@en
  • "Mao phu nhân"
  • "Kon rak kēm ʻamnāt čhīangching"
  • "Becoming Madame Mao"
  • "Becoming Madame Mao"@en
  • "Becoming Madame Mao : a novel"
  • "Lihyot madam Mao"
  • "Madame Mao Roman"
  • "A construção de Madame Mao"@pt
  • "Byla jsem madam Mao"
  • "Cum am devenit doamna Mao"
  • "להיות מאדאם מאו"
  • "Oderžimaja"
  • "Statʹ Madam Mao"
  • "Стать Мадам Мао"
  • "Madame Mao : Roman"
  • "Madame Mao"@pl
  • "Madame Mao"
  • "Madame Mao"@es
  • "Madame Mao"@da
  • "Madame Mao"@hu
  • "Madame Mao"@fi

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