Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-286) and index.
Contents:
Family of ghosts -- Mental bifocals -- The spirit and the flesh -- Inside the doll's house -- Thinking in Chinese -- In the mirror of her fiction -- The stink of condescension -- Paper people.
Summary:
A portrait of a remarkable woman ahead of her time, and evocation of China between the wars, and a meditation on how the secrets and griefs of childhood can shape a writer.
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