| The Rouge of the North Contributor(s): Chang, Eileen (Author), Wang, David Der-Wei (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0520210875 ISBN-13: 9780520210875 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $27.67 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1998 Annotation: ""The Rouge of the North tells of the melancholy life of a lower-class woman trapped within the confines of an unhappy arranged marriage. Taking the reader through the stages of this woman's gradual descent into madness, it contains some of the most notable novelistic features of Chang's work. A poignant story."--Rey Chow, University of California, Irvine |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97037526 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 4.97" W x 7.94" (0.52 lbs) 185 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese - Ethnic Orientation - Chinese - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Rouge of the North is the story of Yindi, a beautiful young bride who marries the blind, bedridden son of a rich and noble family. Captive to household ritual, to the strategies and contempt of her sisters-in-law, and to the exacting dictates of her husband's mother, Yindi is pressed beneath the weight of an existence that offers no hope of change. Dramatic events in the outside world fail to make their way into this insular society. Chang's brilliant portrayal of the slow suffocation of passion, moral strength, and physical vitality-together with her masterful evocation of the sights, smells, and sounds of daily existence-make The Rouge of the North a remarkable chronicle of a vanished way of life. |