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Northern Girls
Life Goes On: China Library
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Ideal for readers interested in contemporary Chinese culture, women's experiences, and stories of personal growth amid societal change.
"Originally published in Chinese as Bei Mei by Changjiang Literature and Art Press"--Title page verso.
Northern Girlsexplores the inner lives of a generation of young, rural Chinese women who embark on life-changing journeys in the search of something better.
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Qian Xiaohong is born into a sleepy village far from China's headlong rush towards development. A scandalous love affair launches the buxom but unworldly sixteen-year-old on a journey to the southern boomtown of Shenzhen. There, released from the stifling conservatism of her rural upbringing, Xiaohong must navigate a strange new world with unfamiliar rules and values, and learn to go on in the face of great adversity.
Along the way, Xiaohong finds support and solace from her fellow 'northern girls', with whom life's challenges and pleasures can be shared. Northern Girls explores the inner lives of a generation of young, rural Chinese women who embark on life-changing journeys in the search of something better.
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"With a sense of humour reminiscent of Chinese writer Zhu Wen, and the kind of cruelty seen in author Yu Hua's novel To Live." – Jiang Yuxia, Global Times
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ISBN: 9780670076161
Publisher: Penguin China
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 23 December 2015
Country: China
Imprint: Penguin China
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 131.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 302g
Pages: 336
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About the Author
Sheng Keyi is the author of several novels and short stories. Northern Girls, the first of her full form works to be published in English, was long-listed for the Man Asian Literary Prize. Death Fugue is her latest novel to be translated into English. She currently resides in Beijing, China.
Also by Keyi Sheng
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