Empress Orchid, Paperback
Descriere
From a master of the historical novel, Empress Orchid sweeps readers into the heart of the Forbidden City to tell the fascinating story of a young concubine who becomes China s last empress. Min introduces the beautiful Tzu Hsi, known as Orchid, and weaves an epic of a country girl who seized power through seduction, murder, and endless intrigue. When China is threatened by enemies, she alone seems capable of holding the country together. In this absorbing companion piece to her novel Becoming Madame Mao (New York Times), readers and reading groups will once again be transported by Min s lavish evocation of the Forbidden City in its last days of imperial glory and by her brilliant portrait of a flawed yet utterly compelling woman who survived, and ultimately dominated, a male world.""
Despre autor
Anchee Min este un autor chinezo-american care trăiește în San Francisco și Shanghai. Min a publicat două memorii, Red Azalea și The Cooked Seed: A Memoir, și șase romane istorice. Opera sa literară pune accentul pe personaje feminine puternice, cum ar fi Jiang Qing, soția președintelui Mao Zedong, și Împărăteasa Cixi, ultima împărăteasă conducătoare a Chinei.
