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For eight groundbreaking years, Xinran presented a radio
programme in China during which she invited women to
call in and talk about themselves. Broadcast every evening,
Words on the Night Breeze became famous throughout the
country for its unflinching portrayal of what it meant to
be a woman in modern China. Centuries of obedience
to their fathers, husbands and sons, followed by years of
political turmoil had made women terrified of talking
openly about their feelings. Xinran won their trust and,
through her compassion and ability to listen, became the
first woman to hear their true stories.
This unforgettable book is the biory of how Xinran
negotiated the minefield of restrictions imposed on
Chinese journalists to reach out to women across the
country. Through the vivid intimacy of her writing, the
women's voices confide in the reader, sharing their
deepest secrets for the first time. Whether they are
the privileged wives of Party leaders or peasants in a...
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Fülszöveg
For eight groundbreaking years, Xinran presented a radio
programme in China during which she invited women to
call in and talk about themselves. Broadcast every evening,
Words on the Night Breeze became famous throughout the
country for its unflinching portrayal of what it meant to
be a woman in modern China. Centuries of obedience
to their fathers, husbands and sons, followed by years of
political turmoil had made women terrified of talking
openly about their feelings. Xinran won their trust and,
through her compassion and ability to listen, became the
first woman to hear their true stories.
This unforgettable book is the biory of how Xinran
negotiated the minefield of restrictions imposed on
Chinese journalists to reach out to women across the
country. Through the vivid intimacy of her writing, the
women's voices confide in the reader, sharing their
deepest secrets for the first time. Whether they are
the privileged wives of Party leaders or peasants in a
forgotten corner of the countryside, they tell of almost
inconceivable suffering: forced marriages, sexual abuse,
separation of parents from their children, extreme poverty.
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