Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel
Language: English
Published by Random House Trade Paperbacks/ Random House, Inc., New York, Evanston, IL, San Francisco, CA, London, 2006
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269 pp. Slightly cocked and creased spine. Watermarks throughout the book. Minimal tear near bottom of spine.
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- Title
- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel
- Author
- See, Lisa; Lisa See
- Publisher
- Random House Trade Paperbacks/ Random House, Inc., New York, Evanston, IL, San Francisco, CA, London
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- Poor
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0812968069
- ISBN 13
- 9780812968064
- Illustrator
- Allison Saltzman (Cover Design); Museum of London (Cover Art); Victoria Wong (Book Design)
- Edition
- 2006 Random House Trade Ppbk Edition
- Dimensions
- 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Fiction-Fictional Novel, Literary Fiction & Novel, Non-Fiction, Essays, Letters, Short Stories, etc.
“A marvel of imagination . . . so mesmerizing the pages float away and the story remains clearly before us from beginning to end.”—Amy Tan, author of The Backyard Bird Chronicles
“[A] marvelous narrative . . . a timeless portrait of a contentious, full-blooded female friendship.”—Entertainment Weekly (Editor’s Choice)
“An achingly beautiful, understated, and absorbing story of love . . . evokes the work of Jane Austen.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer
In nineteenth-century China, in a remote Hunan county, a girl named Lily, at the tender age of seven, is paired with a laotong, or “old same,” in an emotional match that will last a lifetime. The laotong, Snow Flower, introduces herself by sending Lily a silk fan on which she has written a poem in nu shu, a unique language that Chinese women created in order to communicate in secret, away from the influence of men.
As the years pass, Lily and Snow Flower send messages on the fan and compose stories on handkerchiefs, reaching out of isolation to share their hopes, dreams, and accomplishments. They both endure the agony of footbinding and together reflect upon their arranged marriages, shared loneliness, and the joys and tragedies of motherhood. The two find solace, developing a bond that keeps their spirits alive. But when a misunderstanding arises, their deep friendship suddenly threatens to tear apart.
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