Empress Orchid

The beloved classic that turned Carson McCullers into an overnight literary sensation and one of the Modern...
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Author: Anchee Min
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Language: English
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Empress Orchid by Min, Anchee

Empress Orchid

€25,68

Empress Orchid

€25,68
Author: Anchee Min
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The beloved classic that turned Carson McCullers into an overnight literary sensation and one of the Modern Library's top 20 novels of the twentieth century.

"I love this book! It's a great, great read and not hard at all." -- Oprah Winfrey

In a Georgia mill town during the 1930s, an enigmatic deaf-mute, John Singer, draws out the haunted confessions of an itinerant worker, a doctor, a widowed café owner, and a young girl. Each yearns for escape from small town life, but the young girl, Mick Kelly, the book's heroine (loosely based on McCullers), finds solace in her music.

Wonderfully attuned to the spiritual isolation that underlies the human condition, and with a deft sense for racial tensions in the South, McCullers spins a haunting, unforgettable story that gives voice to the rejected, the forgotten, and the mistreated -- and, through Mick, gives voice to the quiet, intensely personal search for beauty.

Featured in Oprah's Book Club 2004

Author: Anchee Min
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 04/11/2005
Pages: 346
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.52w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780618562039


Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 05/01/2005 pg. 83 - Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended

About the Author
Min, Anchee: - Anchee Min was born in Shanghai in 1957. At seventeen she was sent to a labor collective, where a talent scout for Madame Mao's Shanghai Film Studio recruited her to work as a movie actress. She came to the United States in 1984 with the help of actress Joan Chen. Her memoir, Red Azalea, was named one of the New York Times Notable Books of 1994 and was an international bestseller, with rights sold in twenty countries. Her novels Becoming Madame Mao and Empress Orchid were published to critical acclaim and were national bestsellers. Her two other novels, Katherine and Wild Ginger, were published to wonderful reviews and impressive foreign sales.

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