Beschreibung
When her husband dies, Lu Si-yan's mother is encouraged to sell her young daughter into domestic service. Lu Si-yan is just eleven when sold by her uncle. Nearly two years will pass before she can get back home to her mother and brother. In this powerful and compelling novel Sally Grindley portrays the life of a young girl in China, a young girl whose life is said to be like 'spilled water'.
With a brilliant first-person narrative and a powerful description of time and place, this novel is gripping, heart-wrenching and utterly mesmerising.
With a brilliant first-person narrative and a powerful description of time and place, this novel is gripping, heart-wrenching and utterly mesmerising.
Buchdetails
Format
Taschenbuch
Sprache
Portugiesisch
Veröffentlicht
Jan 1, 2012
Verlag
Ática
Ausgaben
15 Ausgaben
ISBN-10
8508156839
ISBN-13
9788508156832