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Jodi
Sep 04, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: books-about-china, classics
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Smarti
Aug 28, 2008 rated it it was ok
Shelves: klassiker, literatur-nobelpreis
not nearly as good as I expected it to be. To be honest, I was bored. Every time I thought that I might stumble on an interesting passage it turned out to be anti-climax. And the "hero" of the story, I even forgot his name by now, was a truly uninteresting one. ...more
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Courtney
Nov 11, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: favorites
I love reading about this time period in China. The contrast between the two women in this book is really interesting, especially when foot-binding is factored in. Its hard to believe that giving yourself a disability was ever considered a sign of social status.
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Jerzy
Apr 16, 2007 rated it liked it
Juniar
Aug 28, 2007 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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