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Dream of the Walled City (originale 2000; edizione 2001)

di Lisa Huang Fleischman (Autore)

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Marking the debut of a stunning new literary talent, Lisa Huang Fleischman's extraordinary saga -- inspired by her grandmother's life as an early feminist, political activist, and friend of Mao Zedong -- is a masterpiece about one clever and resourceful woman, growing up amidst the turmoil of twentieth-century China. Dream of the Walled City Born in 1890, the privileged and sheltered daughter of a high-ranking imperial official, Jade Virtue spends her childhood enclosed by the towering walls of her family's sprawling mansion, never glimpsing the desperate struggle of China's ancient society, as the old ways are challenged and the twentieth century?fast, fearsome, and tumultuous?rushes in. But when her father mysteriously dies, young Jade Virtue is suddenly thrust into poverty, and experiences firsthand a traditional culture falling apart under the onslaught of growing rebellion against the Emperor, rapid social changes, and the mounting aggression of Japan and the West. Fleischman has rendered a richly textured, panoramic vision of Chinese life in the perilous years between the end of the empire and the Communist triumph of 1949, charting Jade Virtue's arranged first marriage to the corrupt opium addict Wang Mang, who harbors a terrible secret in his family's past; her awakening independence and ambivalent politics; her struggles with motherhood; and her fascinating acquaintance with a gifted, idealistic, fiercely ambitious young man named Mao Zedong. But the most important choices of her life are shaped by her conflicting loyalties to her intense lifelong friendship with Jinyu, a fiery woman revolutionary, and to Guai, a government official and sworn enemy of the Communists, with whom she finally discovers true and redemptive love. Exquisitely nuanced and lyrical yet marked with a driving power, Dream Of The Walled City is an enthralling novel of hard-won personal independence set against the vivid backdrop of a rapidly changing world. From the final days of the last dynasty through the savage Japanese invasion during World War II to the formidable red dawn of the Communist triumph; from the backward rural province of Hunan to exile on the tropical shores of Taiwan; and from the binding chains of predetermined fate to the exhilarating liberation of a human spirit, this is a remarkable odyssey you will never forget.… (altro)
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Titolo:Dream of the Walled City
Autori:Lisa Huang Fleischman (Autore)
Info:Washington Square Press (2001), Edition: Reprint, 448 pages
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Lisa Huang Fleischmann is in Taiwan geboren als dochter van een Chinese moeder en Amerikaanse vader.
Dit prachtige verhaal is gebaseerd op het leven van haar grootmoeder.
Eind jaren '80 wordt Lisa in China ondergedompeld in de Chinese cultuur en neemt ze zelf aan de protesten op het Tiananmenplein deel, waar de kiem voor deze meeslepende saga gelegd wordt.

Het verhaal begint op een kantelmoment in het leven van Jade Deugd, geboren in 1890 (4588 Chinese tijdrekening) in Changska in de provincie Hunan. Haar broer Li Shi is 13, zij is 10 en haar zus Bevallige Deugd is 7 als haar vader na een mysterieuze ziekte overlijdt. Haar vader was een hoge keizerlijke functionaris, dus leidde zij tot dan een letterlijk beschut leven in een immens groot herenhuis omringd door torenhoge muren.
Haar moeder stuurt de twee concubines en het personeel weg, verkoopt het grote huis en gaat bescheiden wonen. Pas dan maakt Jade kennis met het echte leven in China. De eeuwenoude tradities zoals het inbinden van de voeten beginnen langzaam af te brokkelen. Begin 1912 komt er zelfs een einde aan het keizerrijk: de 3-jarige (!) Puyi geeft de troon op.

Door haar vriendschap met de rijke Xiang Jin Yu waardoor ze ook Meester Yang leert kennen, zien we hoe de politieke veranderingen in China zich voltrekken. Bij Meester Yang zijn er politieke vergaderingen en komt Jade ook in contact met Mao Zedong.

Om de militaire studie van Li Shi te kunnen betalen, trouwt Jade met Wang Mang Pan, erfgenaam van een oud geslacht. Jammer genoeg ontdekt ze te laat dat hij verslaafd is en dat al het geld in rook is opgegaan. Trouwen uit liefde is in die tijd in China nog niet aan de orde. Via Jade maken we de evolutie mee van gearrangeerde huwelijken naar het zelf kiezen van een man/vrouw. Het belang van moeder van een zoon te worden, komt ook enkele keren op schrijnende wijze aan bod.

Via haar broer Li Shi maken we kennis met het leger van Guomindang. We maken zo ook de aanvallen van de Japanners mee en de dreiging van de communisten die zich in de bergen hebben teruggetrokken.
Jade's tweede echtgenoot, de magistraat Wu Guai Er, wantrouwt de communisten, terwijl haar beste vriendin Jin Yu haar leven voor hen waagt. Jade slaagt erin met beide een goede relatie te behouden.

Het boek stopt op het moment dat Jade op de boot naar Taiwan zit, waar Lisa Huang geboren is. ( )
  Lavidaesbella | Apr 4, 2022 |
This is an historical novel about China during one lifetime leading up to the People's revolution. Not a happy time. This is well told, though. ( )
  KittyCunningham | Apr 26, 2021 |
This is an historical novel about China during one lifetime leading up to the People's revolution. Not a happy time. This is well told, though. ( )
  Kitty.Cunningham | Jul 19, 2017 |
Jade Virtue makes her way in the world as China comes apart and reforms into Communism. Compelling story and view of China's 20th century history.
( )
  Cleoxcat | May 28, 2015 |
over trouw en plichtsbesef in een oud china waar uiterlijke schijn de levens kapotmaakt ( )
  kleineyetie | Mar 29, 2008 |
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Marking the debut of a stunning new literary talent, Lisa Huang Fleischman's extraordinary saga -- inspired by her grandmother's life as an early feminist, political activist, and friend of Mao Zedong -- is a masterpiece about one clever and resourceful woman, growing up amidst the turmoil of twentieth-century China. Dream of the Walled City Born in 1890, the privileged and sheltered daughter of a high-ranking imperial official, Jade Virtue spends her childhood enclosed by the towering walls of her family's sprawling mansion, never glimpsing the desperate struggle of China's ancient society, as the old ways are challenged and the twentieth century?fast, fearsome, and tumultuous?rushes in. But when her father mysteriously dies, young Jade Virtue is suddenly thrust into poverty, and experiences firsthand a traditional culture falling apart under the onslaught of growing rebellion against the Emperor, rapid social changes, and the mounting aggression of Japan and the West. Fleischman has rendered a richly textured, panoramic vision of Chinese life in the perilous years between the end of the empire and the Communist triumph of 1949, charting Jade Virtue's arranged first marriage to the corrupt opium addict Wang Mang, who harbors a terrible secret in his family's past; her awakening independence and ambivalent politics; her struggles with motherhood; and her fascinating acquaintance with a gifted, idealistic, fiercely ambitious young man named Mao Zedong. But the most important choices of her life are shaped by her conflicting loyalties to her intense lifelong friendship with Jinyu, a fiery woman revolutionary, and to Guai, a government official and sworn enemy of the Communists, with whom she finally discovers true and redemptive love. Exquisitely nuanced and lyrical yet marked with a driving power, Dream Of The Walled City is an enthralling novel of hard-won personal independence set against the vivid backdrop of a rapidly changing world. From the final days of the last dynasty through the savage Japanese invasion during World War II to the formidable red dawn of the Communist triumph; from the backward rural province of Hunan to exile on the tropical shores of Taiwan; and from the binding chains of predetermined fate to the exhilarating liberation of a human spirit, this is a remarkable odyssey you will never forget.

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