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Four Chinese sisters born between 1908 and 1914 recall their lives and experiences in this unique exploration of twentieth-century Chinese culture and history, drawing on an impressive array of prolific correspondence, diaries, family histories, journals, interviews, and other writings. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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The true story of four sisters born between 1907 and 1914 in China, Four Sisters of Hofei is an intimate encounter with history. The Chang sisters lived through a period of astounding change and into the twenty-first century. Unusual opportunities and an extraordinary family education launched them into varied worlds -- those of the theater, modern literature, classical studies, and calligraphy -- but their collective experience offers a cohesive portrait of a land in transition. With the benefit of letters, diaries, poetry, and interviews, writer and historian Annping Chin shapes the Chang sisters' stories into a composite history steeped in China's artistic tradition and intertwined with the political unrest and social revolutions of the twentieth century.
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