Becoming Madame Mao by Anchee Min
'Mao makes her see heaven's grace in his valour. In bed he is impatient, like a tomb robber grabbing gold. She presents herself, the gift of seduction. In the future the couple will do the same to the minds of a billion.' Madame Mao is the 'white-boned demon', the woman many hold directly responsible for the excesses of the Cultural Revolution. Moving with assurance from the intimately personal to the broader stage of world history, Anchee Min tells the stirring, erotically charged story of this extraordinary woman. With lush psychological insight, Min penetrates the myth surrounding Madame Mao and creates a finely nuanced, always ambiguous portrait of a woman driven by ambition, betrayal, and a never-to-be-fulfilled need to be loved. Becoming Madame Mao exists with all the compressed drama and high lyrical poetry of great opera.
Born in Shanghai in 1957, Anchee Min has a personal connection to the story of Madame Mao. At seventeen, she was sent to a labour collective, where after a number of years a talent scout recruited her for Madame Mao's Shanghai Film Studio. Min moved to the United States in 1984 with the help of the actress Joan Chen. Her memoir, Red Azalea, was named a New York Times Notable Book of 1994 and was an international bestseller with rights sold in twenties countries. Her first novel, Katherine, was published in 1997.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781865084978 |
| ISBN 10 | 1865084972 |
| Title | Becoming Madame Mao |
| Author | Anchee Min |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Allen & Unwin |
| Year published | 2001-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 348 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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