Anchee Min Books

Mit seinem glatten, roten Gesicht, das Lichtstrahlen in alle Himmelsrichtung aussandte, war der große Vorsitzende Mao Zedong zwischen 1949 und den frühen 1980er-Jahren auf Propaganda-Plakaten der Volksrepublik China allgegenwärtig. Mao als stoischer Superheld (wahlweise auch als Großer Lehrer, Großer Führer, Oberster Kommandant) wurde in allen möglichen Situationen abgebildet: beim Inspizieren von Fabriken, mit Feldarbeitern eine Zigarette rauchend, in Bademantel am Ufer des Yangtse, am Bug eines Schiffs stehend oder über einem roten Fahnenmeer schwebend. Flankiert war er dabei stets von kräftigen, gesunden, alterslosen Männern und maskulin wirkenden Frauen sowie Kindern in sackartiger, geschlechtslos-trister Kleidung. Ziel der Plakate war es, dem chinesischen Volk moralisch korrektes Verhalten zu demonstrieren und aufzuzeigen, wie großartig die Zukunft für das kommunistische China sein werde, wenn alle gemeinsam denselben Weg in Richtung Utopia beschritten. Dieser Band präsentiert eine Auswahl der bunten und inzwischen teilweise extrem raren Propaganda-Kunstwerke und weiterer kultureller Artefakte aus Max Gottschalks umfangreicher Sammlung. Über die Reihe Bibliotheca Universalis — Kompakte kulturelle Begleiter zur Feier des eklektischen TASCHEN-Universums!

Presents a portrait of China, the world's oldest civilization - past, present and future. This title features seven hundred photographs that explore various aspects of the world's oldest civilization; from China's stunning landscapes, extraordinary 4,000 year history to ancient philosophical traditions which are still alive.

In 1997 journalist Karin Evans walked into an orphanage in southern China and met her new daughter, a beautiful one-year-old baby girl. In this fateful moment Evans became part of a profound, increasingly common human drama that links abandoned Chinese girls with foreigners who have traveled many miles to complete their families. At once a compelling personal narrative and an evocative portrait of contemporary China, The Lost Daughters of China has also served as an invaluable guide for thousands of readers as they navigated the process of adopting from China. However, much has changed in terms of the Chinese government?s policies on adoption since this book was originally published and in this revised and updated edition Evans addresses these developments. Also new to this edition is a riveting chapter in which she describes her return to China in 2000 to adopt her second daughter who was nearly three at the time. Many of the first girls to be adopted from China are now in the teens (China only opened its doors to adoption in the 1990s), and this edition includes accounts of their experiences growing up in the US and, in some cases, of returning to China in search of their roots. Illuminating the real-life stories behind the statistics, The Lost Daughters of China is an unforgettable account of the red thread that winds form China?s orphanages to loving families around the globe.

In 1994, Anchee Min published Red Azalea, a memoir of growing up during the violent trauma of the Cultural Revolution. It became an international bestseller. Twenty years later, Anchee Min returns to give us the next chapter, as she moves from the shocking deprivations of her homeland to the sudden bounty of the promised land of America, without language, money or a clear path. Once in America, having gone through the gruelling immigration process, Anchee finds she is on her own. With indomitable spirit she teaches herself English by watching Sesame Street, works five jobs at once and sleeps in unheated rooms in desolate neighbourhoods. As well as her struggle to understand her new country - the food, the warm showers - Anchee suffers rape, collapses from exhaustion, marries poorly and divorces before giving birth to her daughter, Lauryann. Despite her tough, lonely journey, Anchee finds that it is Lauryann who will save her and root her, finally, in America. As a child, Anchee understood herself as a mere 'bolt on the great machine that was Communism'; in America she learns how to succeed in a radically different culture despite bitter hardships and countless setbacks. The Cooked Seed is an unforgettable story.

Set against the backdrop of late 19th-century China, this narrative explores the turbulent era characterized by foreign invasions and internal strife that led to the fall of the Ch'ing dynasty. Central to the story is Tzu Hsi, known as Empress Orchid, whose resilience and resourcefulness shine through the chaos. The book delves into her life and the challenges she faced, providing a unique perspective on a significant historical figure during a transformative period in Chinese history.

Born into a devoutly Maoist family in 1950s Shanghai and forced to work on a communal farm from the age of seventeen, Anchee Min found herself in an alienating and hostile political climate, where her only friendships were perilous and intense. Both candid and touching, this compelling memoir documents her isolation and illicit love against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution. From her coming of age in the Red Guard to her recruitment in Madame Mao's burgeoning industry of propaganda movies, Red Azalea explores the secret sensuality of a repressive society with elegance and honesty.

This novel, described by the San Francisco Chronicle Book Review as "nothing short of miraculous," is the story of Zebra Wong, a Chinese girl whose pragmatic mind conflicts with her passionate heart; Lion Head, her classmate, whose penchant for romantic intrigue belies his political ambitions, and Katherine, the seductive American with the red lipstick and the wild laugh who teaches them English and other foreign concepts: individualism, sensuality, the Beatles. In Katherine's classroom, repression and rebellion meet head-on-and the consequences are both tragic and liberating.

Set against the harrowing backdrop of the Cultural Revolution, the narrative follows Min as she navigates the tumultuous memories of her youth. Amidst the chaos and horrors of Maoism, a poignant love story unfolds, exploring themes of resilience and the impact of historical trauma on personal relationships. The evocative portrayal of this era reveals both the chilling realities and the enduring strength of the human spirit.

In the small southern town of Chin-kiang, two young girls from very different worlds collide and become inseparable companions. Willow is hardened by poverty and fearful for her future; Pearl is the daughter of a Christian missionary who desperately wishes she was Chinese too. Neither could have foreseen the transformation of the little American girl embarrassed by her blonde hair into the Nobel Prize-winning writer and one of China's modern heroines, Pearl S. Buck. When the country erupts in civil war between the Nationalists and the Communists, Pearl and Willow are brutally reminded of their differences. Pearl's family is forced to flee the country and Willow is punished for her loyalty to her 'cultural imperialist' friend. And yet, in the face of everything that threatens to tear them apart, the paths of these two women remain intimately entwined.

Dieser Roman erzählt auf unvergleichlich brillante Weise die Geschichte einer Frau, die wie keine andere in China eine ganze Generation geprägt hat und zu den faszinierendsten Frauen des 20. Jahrhunderts gehört. Anchee Min erzählt die Geschichte der Madame Mao, der Frau Mao Zedongs.