Four concubines compete for the sexual attentions of their master in a stifling 1930s rural clan house in a collection of three novellas that explore the complex relationships between women and men. Reader's Guide available. Reprint.

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A firsthand account of the massacre in Tiananmen Square and the struggles of the Chinese democracy movement is accompanied by a guide to refugee and human rights organizations throughout the world

The essays in this volume consider the state of current writing of the world's best Chinese women writers. All the contributors relate their authors to the life and work of other contemporary Chinese women writers, and compare work coming from PRC, Taiwan and overseas Chinese. The essays make a contribution to the fields of Modern Chinese literature and women's studies, and although they are primarily intended to bear witness to the quality of women's writing, they also attempt to elucidate the complex issues of Chinese women's lives in the contemporary world.

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