| Women of the Silk Contributor(s): Tsukiyama, Gail (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312099436 ISBN-13: 9780312099435 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1993 Annotation: A first novel exceptional for its exquisite writing and for its rich portrait of a woman's life in a China now lost. Her story is rendered with exceptional grace, with the clear, shining dignity of legend or song; Tsukiyama lends her voice to figures of women emboldened by their dream of growth and personal power. |
| Additional Information |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 91021006 |
| Lexile Measure: 890 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.47" W x 8.29" (0.57 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1920's - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Chinese - Cultural Region - East Asian - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Ethnic Orientation - Chinese - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Women of the Silk Gail Tsukiyama takes her readers back to rural China in 1926, where a group of women forge a sisterhood amidst the reeling machines that reverberate and clamor in a vast silk factory from dawn to dusk. Leading the first strike the village has ever seen, the young women use the strength of their ambition, dreams, and friendship to achieve the freedom they could never have hoped for on their own. Tsukiyama's graceful prose weaves the details of the silk work and Chinese village life into a story of courage and strength. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tsukiyama, Gail: - Born to a Chinese mother and a Japanese father in San Francisco, Gail Tsukiyama now lives in El Cerrito, California. Her novels include Dreaming Water, The Language of Threads, The Samurai's Garden, and Night of Many Dreams. |