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Dragonfly Eyes

By (author) Cao Wenxuan, Translated by Helen Wang

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A family saga spanning fifty years and three generations, which takes the reader from the France of the Golden Age to poverty-stricken post-war Shanghai via the re-imagined rural China of the Cultural Revolution. Ah-Mei and her French grandmother, Nainai, share a rare bond. Maybe because Ah-Mei is the only girl grandchild, or maybe because the pair look so alike – and because neither look much like the rest of their Chinese family. Politics and war make 1960s Shanghai a hard place to grow up, especially when racism and bigotry are rife, and everyone is suspicious of Nainai’s European heritage. Ah-Mei and her family suffer much in this time of political upheaval, and when the family silk business falters, they are left with almost nothing. But Ah-Mei and her grandmother are resourceful, and they have one another – and the tenderness they share brings them great strength.

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Normally shipped | Available from overseas. Usually dispatched in 3 to 6 weeks
Publisher | Walker Books Ltd
Published date | 7 Jan 2021
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 384
Dimensions | 200 x 132 x 32mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 270g
ISBN | 978-1-4063-7825-2
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BISAC | juvenile fiction / family / general (see also headings under social situations)

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