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Format: Häftad (Trade Paper)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 416
Utgivningsdatum: 1997-07-01
Förlag: Random House Publishing Group
Dimensioner: 213 x 140 x 28 mm
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ISBN: 9780449912324

The Middle Heart

Name: The Middle Heart
Price: 342.00 SEK
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Author: Bette Bao Lord
ISBN: 9780449912324

A Novel

av Bette Bao Lord

Häftad, Engelska, 1997-07-01

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In 1932, as China shamefully kowtows under Japanese occupation, three unlikely companions are fatefully bound by their steadfast patriotism: Steel Hope, heir to a once-great aristocracy; Mountain Pine, his crippled, scholarly servant; and Firecrackers, a poor gravekeeper's daughter. In a youthful pact, they call themselves the "Brothers of the Middle Heart", vowing to defend their country to the end.<P>Yet as war and, later, the Communist Revolution ignite, cruel circumstances separate them. One becomes a political leader, one a writer, one an actress. But despite incessant historical upheaval, their lives continue to intertwine in poignant, often tragic, ways. Enmeshed in a love triangle, they will live to see their loyalty to one another tested again and again.<P>Through these three richly drawn characters, Bette Bao Lord re-creates the stirring drama of twentieth-century China. In vivid, haunting prose she evokes the outrages that marred fifty years of the Chinese people's existence -- and illuminates the remarkable resilience that defines them to this day.

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