A01=Eileen Chang
arranged marriage
Author_Eileen Chang
Category=DSBH
Category=FBA
chinese novel in english
chinese women
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_fiction
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_modern-contemporary
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
family drama
female author
modern chinese literature
multi-dimensional female characters
premodern world
qing dynasty
realism
rich and noble family
shanghai
transgression
woman writer
Product details
- ISBN 9780520210875
- Weight: 227g
- Dimensions: 127 x 203mm
- Publication Date: 10 Aug 1998
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
