becoming katherine trilingual propaganda

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26 reviews
Anchee Min

Berkley Trade, 2001

The Best Fiction I have ever Read (and a story).
Katherine by Anchee Min is a wonderful book. I was browsing through my local library, (where I used to work until not to long ago) and I stumbled upon it. I had read Red Azalea previously and when I saw Katherine (and Becoming Madame Mao) my heart started to race. (I had not come in to looking for other books by Anchee Min.) I also picked up Becoming Madame Mao and on my way out in the new books ...

Red Azalea

58 reviews
Anchee Min

Anchor, 2006

Excellent.
I finished the book in 2 days...I could've finished it in one but I'm a student so I couldn't finish it as early as planned. However, I love this book! I love Anchee Min..she is definetly my favorite author. I bought almost all her books. One of the book I really liked is Empress Orchid.

Becoming Madame Mao

46 reviews
Anchee Min

Mariner Books, 2001

Fascinating Portrait of an Evil Woman
Anita, my young friend from Hangzhou, tells me that Mao "is like an uncle," a paternal figure of wisdom and kindliness. His last wife, Jiang Qing? She is "like the devil. All Chinese think so." Mao's spirit must be pleased. It is, after all, what he wanted. Thirty years after his death, his fat, bald, lunar visage still looms benignly over Tiananmen Square. He is still the First Citizen, still ...

The Last Empress: A Novel

24 reviews
Anchee Min

Mariner Books, 2008

Outstanding Historical Fiction
A fitting sequel to Min Anchee's Empress Orchid. This book was able to present a less biased view of the Empress Dowager Cixi during the last years of the Qing Dynasty. It is sad that people would feel that the book was flawed. But I think it is because people have come to know Cixi as despotic dictator with an unsatisfiable thirst for power and riches. However if one were to read the scholarly ...

Chinese Propaganda Posters (Special)

3 reviews
Anchee Min, Duo Duo

Taschen, 2003

Mao's Great Big Red Book.
Michael Wolf collected the hundreds of posters shown in this sumptuous book and it occurred to me while looking through the pages that the originals have probably been seen by more people than any others in the world. They were stuck up in every public place (including homes) and published in magazines. Predictably many of them show Chairman Mao, the Great Leader, Teacher, Helmsman, Commander ...

Madame Mao
Anchee Min

Editorial Atlantida, 2001

En un relato atrapante que pasa de lo intimamente personal al gran escenario de la historia universal, la autora brinda una intensa historia de pasion, traicion y supervivencia, a traves del retrato pleno de matices y ambiguedades de una de las mujeres mas facsinantes del siglo XX.

Wild Ginger: A Novel

22 reviews
Anchee Min

Mariner Books, 2002

A Masterpiece
An intense and intimate look into the life of a woman who grew up in a troubled time. A terrifying mix of The Good Earth and 1984. A poor book says little with many words. A great book says much with few words. Wild Ginger is a great book. There is no attempt to dazzle the reader with flowery prose or complexity. It is sparse and simple. There is just the minimum of description - yet, you ...

Empress Orchid

80 reviews
Anchee Min

Mariner Books, 2005

What a Beautiful Book!
I had bought this book to keep my mind occupied during a flight layover. I typically stick to murder mysteries but decided to try something new. Needless to say even after the layover I still couldn't put it down! (much to my fiancees dislike.) The book is so vivid and descriptive that I could actually see the beautiful colors in front of my eyes. The characters are amazing and well presented ...

Chinese Propoganda Posters - Trilingual Edition in English - French - German

1 review
Anchee MIn, Jie Zhang, ...

French & European Pubns, 2003

why 100 dollars more here!?
this book is only 39.99 on the taschen site, and at several museum bookshops i have visited. why 100 dollars more here???