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Bathing women a novel

FROM AWARD-WINNING and bestselling Chinese writer Tie Ning comes a stunningly original novel that captures the spirit of a new generation of young professionals in contemporary China. The Bathing Women follows the lives of four women'Tiao, a children's book editor; Fan, her sister, who thinks escaping to America might solve her problems; Fei,a hedonistic and self-destructive young woman; and Youyou, a chef'from childhood during the Cultural Revolution to adulthood in the new market economy. This moving novel charts the journey of these women as they grapple with love, sibling rivalry, and, ultimately, redemption. Beloved and renowned in China, Tie Ning's numerous books have never before been translated into English; this publication of The Bathing Women introduces a brilliant writer of uncommon talents, vision, and compassion to American readers. Spellbinding, unforgettable, and an important chronicle of modern China, The Bathing Women is a powerful and beautiful portrait of the strength of female friendship in the face of adversity.

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  • "Da yunu"
  • "Dayunu"
  • "Dayunü"

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  • "FROM AWARD-WINNING and bestselling Chinese writer Tie Ning comes a stunningly original novel that captures the spirit of a new generation of young professionals in contemporary China. The Bathing Women follows the lives of four women'Tiao, a children's book editor; Fan, her sister, who thinks escaping to America might solve her problems; Fei,a hedonistic and self-destructive young woman; and Youyou, a chef'from childhood during the Cultural Revolution to adulthood in the new market economy. This moving novel charts the journey of these women as they grapple with love, sibling rivalry, and, ultimately, redemption. Beloved and renowned in China, Tie Ning's numerous books have never before been translated into English; this publication of The Bathing Women introduces a brilliant writer of uncommon talents, vision, and compassion to American readers. Spellbinding, unforgettable, and an important chronicle of modern China, The Bathing Women is a powerful and beautiful portrait of the strength of female friendship in the face of adversity."@en
  • "Sisters Tiao and Fan grew up in the shadow of the Cultural Revolution where they witnessed ritual humiliation and suffering. They also witnessed the death of their baby sister in a tragic accident. It was an accident they could have prevented; an accident that will stay with them forever. In the China of the 1990s the sisters lead seemingly successful lives. Tiao is a successful children's publisher but incapable of finding love. Fan has moved to America, desperate to shun her Chinese heritage. Then there is their childhood friend Fei: beautiful, hedonistic and outwardly ambitious. As the women grapple with love, rivalry and past secrets will they find the freedom and redemption they crave? Spellbinding,"@en
  • "Sisters Tiao and Fan grew up in the shadow of the Cultural Revolution where they witnessed ritual humiliation and suffering. They also witnessed the death of their baby sister in a tragic accident. It was an accident they could have prevented; an accident that will stay with them forever."
  • "Sisters Tiao and Fan grew up in the shadow of the Cultural Revolution where they witnessed ritual humiliation and suffering. They also witnessed the death of their baby sister in a tragic accident. It was an accident they could have prevented; an accident that will stay with them forever."@en
  • "Follows the lives of four women from childhood during China's Cultural Revolution to adulthood in its new market economy."@en
  • "A stunningly original book that follows the lives of four young professional women in contemporary China - Tiao, a children's book editor, her sister Fan, who thinks escaping to America might solve her problems, hedonistic and self-destructive Fei, and Youyou, a chef - from childhood during the Cultural Revolution to adulthood in the new market economy."
  • "Sisters Tiao and Fan grew up in the shadow of the Cultural Revolution where they witnessed ritual humiliation and suffering. They also witnessed the death of their baby sister in a tragic accident. It was an accident they could have prevented; an accident that will stay with them forever. In the China of the 1990s the sisters lead seemingly successful lives. Tiao is a successful children's publisher but incapable of finding love. Fan has moved to America, desperate to shun her Chinese heritage. Then there is their childhood friend Fei: beautiful, hedonistic and outwardly ambitious. As the women grapple with love, rivalry and past secrets will they find the freedom and redemption they crave? Spellbinding, unforgettable, and an important chronicle of modern China, The Bathing Women is a powerful and beautiful portrait of the strength of female friendship in the face of adversity."@en
  • "Follows the lives of four women from childhood during China's Cultural Revolution to adulthood in its new market economy.--Résumé de l'éditeur."

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Love stories"
  • "Text"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Bildungsroman"@en
  • "Bildungsroman"
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Large type books"

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  • "Da yu nü"
  • "大浴女 = Dayunü"
  • "Bathing women a novel"@en
  • "The bathing women : a novel"@en
  • "The bathing women : a novel"
  • "Da yu nü = Dayunü"
  • "大浴女"
  • "Da yu nu"
  • "The bathing women a novel"@en
  • "大浴女 : 铁凝长篇小说图文本"
  • "The bathing women : a novel ; translated by Hongling Zhang and Jason Sommer"@en
  • "Da yu nu^"
  • "The bathing women"
  • "The bathing women"@en
  • "Da yu nu^ : Tie ning chang pian xiao shuo tu wen ben"

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