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The lost daughter of happiness

Tekstualna građa, tiskana Vrsta gradje
1765
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The lost daughter of happiness / Geling Yan ; translated by Cathy Silber. -
Impresum
London, Faber, 2001. -
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276p. ; 22cm. -
ISBN
0571207316 (pbk)
Jezik
Engleski

Yan, who fled her native China after the Tiananmen Square massacre, counts herself part of the ˝fifth wave˝ of Chinese immigrants to California. In this potentially intriguing but flatly told novel, she tells the story of a ˝first wave˝ forebear, Chinese prostitute Fusang, who became a celebrity in 1870s San Francisco. Kidnapped from her village in China to be sold as a prostitute in ˝Gold Mountain,˝ as the Chinese immigrants dubbed San Francisco, Fusang distinguishes herself through her extraordinary serenity, which many take for slow-wittedness. Once in the U. S., she runs afoul of her madams by refusing to hawk herself aggressively to potential customers. Despite Fusang’s reserve, she attracts a slew of devoted lovers, including Chris, a ˝little white devil˝ who is only 12 when he first purchases Fusang’s services. Chris tails Fusang around San Francisco’s Chinatown and follows her adventures over the next four decades. After prompting a bloody battle between two suitors, nearly dying of tuberculosis and being healed by the Christian ladies of the Rescue society, Fusang is stolen by the charismatic Chinese gangster Ah Ding, who changes his name to Da Yong to elude his enemies. The fugitive pair encounter the sordid splendor of Chinatown, witnessing slave auctions and mob riots and enduring attacks by threatened whites. Fusang is a real historical figure about whom little is known; Yan’s account does little to clarify Fusang’s motives. Such opacity creates an intriguing mystery, but lack of resolution frustrates the reader. Yan’s detached, dispassionate tone contributes to the sense of unreality pervading her narrative.

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