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Summary of Dancing Girl and the Turtle by Karen Kao PDF
A rape. A war. A society where women are bought and sold but no one can speak of shame. Shanghai 1937. Violence throbs at the heart of The Dancing Girl and the Turtle.Song Anyi is on the road to Shanghai and freedom when she is raped and left for dead. The silence and shamethat mark her courageous survival drive her to escalating self-harm and prostitution. From opium dens to high- class brothels, Anyi dances on the edge of destruction while China prepares for war with Japan. Hers is the voice of every woman who fights for independence against overwhelming odds.The Dancing Girl and the Turtle is one of four interlocking novels set in Shanghai from 1929 to 1954. Through the eyes of the dancer, Song Anyi, and her brother Kang, the Shanghai Quartet spans a tumultuous time in Chinese history: war with the Japanese, the influx of stateless Jews into Shanghai, civil war and revolution. How does the love of a sister destroy her brother and all those around him?
Detail About Dancing Girl and the Turtle PDF
- Author : Karen Kao
- Publisher : Lynn Michell
- Genre : Fiction
- Total Pages : 290 pages
- ISBN : 0993599710
- Release Date : 01 April 2017
- PDF File Size : 7,8 Mb
- Language : English
- Rating : 4/5 from 21 reviews
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