Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Resumen del libro

Lily is the daughter of a humble farmer, and to her family she is just another expensive mouth to feed. Then the local matchmaker delivers startling news: if Lily's feet are bound properly, they will be flawless. In nineteenth-century China, where a woman's eligibility is judged by the shape and size of her feet, this is extraordinary good luck. Lily now has the power to make a good marriage and change the fortunes of her family. To prepare for her new life, she must undergo the agonies of footbinding, learn nu shu, the famed secret women's writing, and make a very special friend, Snow Flower. But a bitter reversal of fortune is about to change everything.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Lisa Seex{0026}lt;/B (París, 1955) se crió en el seno de una familia china asentada en Estados Unidos. Biznieta del patriarca del Barrio Chino de Los Ángeles, ciudad en la que reside, narró en x{0026}lt;I On Gold Mountainx{0026}lt;/I la epopeya americana de su bisabuelo Fong See. Con x{0026}lt;I El abanico de sedax{0026}lt;/I , que se convirtió en un best-seller internacional, alcanzó una repercusión que se vio confirmada con sus siguientes novelas: x{0026}lt;I El pabellón de las peoníasx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Dos chicas de Shanghaix{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I La isla de las mujeres del marx{0026}lt;/I , traducidas a unos cuarenta idiomas y publicadas en español por Salamandra.x{0026}lt;/P