Anchee Min





Anchee Min

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January 14, 1957 in Shanghai, China

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Anchee Min was born in Shanghai in 1957. At seventeen she was sent to a labor collective, where a talent scout for Madame Mao's Shanghai Film Studio recruited her to work as a movie actress. She came to the United States in 1984 with the help of actress Joan Chen. Her memoir, Red Azalea, was named one of the New York Times Notable Books of 1994 and was an international bestseller, with rights sold in twenty countries. Her novels Becoming Madame Mao and Empress Orchid were published to critical acclaim and were national bestsellers. Her two other novels, Katherine and Wild Ginger, were published to wonderful reviews and impressive foreign sales.

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Average rating: 3.72 · 16,175 ratings · 2,063 reviews · 9 distinct works
Empress Orchid (Empress Orc...
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 6,124 ratings — published 2003 — 30 editions
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Red Azalea
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 2,552 ratings — published 1994 — 24 editions
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The Last Empress (Empress O...
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 2,254 ratings — published 2006 — 23 editions
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Pearl of China
3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 1,772 ratings — published 2009 — 16 editions
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Becoming Madame Mao
3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 1,721 ratings — published 2000 — 23 editions
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Wild Ginger
3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 662 ratings — published 2001 — 11 editions
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Katherine
3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 365 ratings — published 1995 — 11 editions
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions
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The Lost Daughters of China
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 659 ratings — published 2000 — 7 editions
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My Splendid Concubine
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3.43 of 5 stars 3.43 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions
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Empress Orchid The Last Empress
Empress Orchid (2 books)
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3.750059737156511 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 8,370 ratings

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“If you can't go back to your mother's womb, you'd better learn to be a good fighter.”
Anchee Min, Red Azalea

“lack of will power leads to more failure than lack of intelligence or ability.”
Anchee Min

“my mother was taught the ch'an concept of happiness, which was to find satisfaction in small things. i was taught to appreciate the fresh air in the morning, the colour of leaves turning red in autumn and the water's smoothness when i soaked my hands in the basin.”
Anchee Min

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