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Xinran takes her readers to the heart of modern Chinese society in this delightful and absorbing tale of three peasant girls getting to grips with life in the big city. The Li sisters don' t have much education, but one thing has been drummed into them: their mother is a failure because she hasn' t managed to produce a son, and they themselves only merit a number as a name. Women, their father tells them, are like chopsticks: utilitarian and easily broken. Men, on the other hand, are the strong rafters that hold up the roof of a house. Yet when circumstances lead the sisters to seek work in distant Nanjing, the shocking new urban environment opens their eyes. While Three contributes to the success of a small restaurant, Five and Six learn new talents at a health spa and a bookshop/tearoom. And when the money they earn starts arriving back at the village, their father is forced to recognize that daughters are not so dispensable after all. As the Li sisters discover Nanjing, so do we: its past, its customs and culture, and its future as a place where people can change their lives.
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'Wicked humour and a vital social message'. -- Guardian
'Xinran takes readers on a magical journey...promising and enlightening'. -- Irish News
`A magical journey....captured brilliantly by Xinran'. -- Glasgow Evening Times
'Xinran's writing...has offered a window to Westerners on to
Chinese culture and society...Miss Chopsticks...heartwarming.' -- Metro
'You feel she gives a real insight into Chinese culture, and
sometimes it's the understated that has the most impact... Although
modestly told, Xinran's tale will likely play on the mind for years to
come.' -- Big Issue
'fresh and touching tale' -- Glasgow Herald
`A fascinating snapshot of the contemporary tension between rural
and urban China.'
-- Observer
`Through [her protagonists] Xinran illuminates some of the
complexity of contemporary Chinese culture.' -- The Scotsman Magazine
`a revealing account of a fast-changing country...enlightening
portrait of Chinese life'
-- Psychologies
`an uplifting read' -- Financial Times
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'Xinran takes readers on a magical journey...promising and enlightening'. -- Irish News
`A magical journey....captured brilliantly by Xinran'. -- Glasgow Evening Times
'Xinran's writing...has offered a window to Westerners on to
Chinese culture and society...Miss Chopsticks...heartwarming.' -- Metro
'You feel she gives a real insight into Chinese culture, and
sometimes it's the understated that has the most impact... Although
modestly told, Xinran's tale will likely play on the mind for years to
come.' -- Big Issue
'fresh and touching tale' -- Glasgow Herald
`A fascinating snapshot of the contemporary tension between rural
and urban China.'
-- Observer
`Through [her protagonists] Xinran illuminates some of the
complexity of contemporary Chinese culture.' -- The Scotsman Magazine
`a revealing account of a fast-changing country...enlightening
portrait of Chinese life'
-- Psychologies
`an uplifting read' -- Financial Times
Tapping into people's fascination with what is going on in modern China, Xinran (author of the bestselling The Good Women of China) has written a delightfully warm and fascinating tale of three peasant girls trying to get to grips with life in the big city.
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- PublisherChatto & Windus
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0701180420
- ISBN 13 9780701180423
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- Number of pages272
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