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Author:
Pingru, Rao, illustrator. illustrator.
Title:
Our story : a memoir of love and life in China / Rao Pingru ; translated from the Chinese by Nicky Harman.
Edition:
First American edition.
Publisher:
Pantheon Books,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
363 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Subject:
Pingru, Rao.
Pingru, Meitang.
Married people--China--Biography.
Married people--China--Pictorial works.--Pictorial works.
China--Social life and customs--20th century.
China--Social conditions--20th century.
China--Biography.
China--Social life and customs--20th century--Pictorial works.
China--Social conditions--20th century--Pictorial works.
China--Pictorial works.--Pictorial works.
Illustrated works.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Graphic novels.
Other Authors:
Harman, Nicky, translator.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-363).
Contents:
Our childhood years -- I go to war -- A dab of red lipstick -- Journeying side by side -- Crossroads -- You ask me when I will return -- Now you are gone -- The passing of the seasons.
Summary:
"Our Story ... follows [Rao and Meitang Pingru] through the decades, in both poverty and good fortune--looking for work, opening a restaurant, moving cities, mending shoes, raising their children, and being separated for seventeen years by the government when Pingru is sent to a labor camp. As the pair ages, China undergoes extraordinary growth, political turmoil, and cultural change''--Amazon.com
ISBN:
1101871490
9781101871492
OCLC:
(OCoLC)986816638
LCCN:
2017024862
Locations:
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

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