
The concubine's daughter
Littérature générale (romans), Histoire (romans)
Audio avec voix humaine
Résumé
Li-Xia, the daughter of a young concubine to an old silk farmer in rural China, escapes her destiny of becoming a concubine by outwitting her father's orders to bind her feet and running away with an English sea captain. She… takes her first steps towards fulfilling her mother's dream of becoming a scholar, but her final triumph must be left to her daughter. Explicit descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2009.