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Love and Revolution: A Novel About Song Qingling and Sun Yat-sen
Ping Lu
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Description for Love and Revolution: A Novel About Song Qingling and Sun Yat-sen
Paperback. Reimagines the lives of a legendary couple - Sun Yat-sen, known as the "Father of the Chinese Revolution," and his wife, Song Qingling. This novel touches on Sun Yat-sen's tormented political life and Song Qingling's rumored affairs and isolation after her husband's death. Translator(s): Du, Nancy. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 192 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
"Death is inevitably the end of a journey. Death also allows the journey to go back to the beginning." In this bold novel, one of Taiwan's most celebrated authors reimagines the lives of a legendary couple: Sun Yat-sen, known as the "Father of the Chinese Revolution," and his wife, Song Qingling. Born in 1866, Sun Yat-sen grew up an admirer of the rebels who tried to overthrow the ruling Manchu dynasty. He dreamed of strengthening China from within, but after a failed attempt at leading an insurrection in 1895, Sun was exiled to Japan. Only in 1916, after ... Read more
"Death is inevitably the end of a journey. Death also allows the journey to go back to the beginning." In this bold novel, one of Taiwan's most celebrated authors reimagines the lives of a legendary couple: Sun Yat-sen, known as the "Father of the Chinese Revolution," and his wife, Song Qingling. Born in 1866, Sun Yat-sen grew up an admirer of the rebels who tried to overthrow the ruling Manchu dynasty. He dreamed of strengthening China from within, but after a failed attempt at leading an insurrection in 1895, Sun was exiled to Japan. Only in 1916, after ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231138536
SKU
V9780231138536
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About Ping Lu
Ping Lu has written a diverse range of novels, including a short story about the life of Song May-ling and Chiang Kai-shek. Nancy Du is a lecturer at the Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation Studies at Fu Jen Catholic University and National Taiwan Normal University.
Reviews for Love and Revolution: A Novel About Song Qingling and Sun Yat-sen
[Ping Lu] succeeds in showing the ordinary and sometimes repugnant details of Qingling's life.
Perry Link New York Review of Books
Perry Link New York Review of Books