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At the age of four, Han, a young woman born into dire poverty in 1950s Singapore, is sold as a slave to the wealthy house of Wu. Forming a close bond with the young Wu heir, Han's childhood attachment grows into a bittersweet existence of frustrated love and passion. As their love becomes a struggle against the forces of tradition and tyranny, author Catherine Lim evocatively captures the ethos of a wealthy and powerful Chinese household in an era of breathtaking beauty and shocking brutality.
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The Bondmaid, Catherine Lim
- Sprache
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1998
- Einband
- (Paperback),
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- Titel
- The Bondmaid
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Catherine Lim
- Verlag
- Grand Central Publishing
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1998
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 368
- ISBN10
- 0446607347
- ISBN13
- 9780446607346
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Historisches Thema, Asien, Asiatische Belletristik
- Beschreibung
- At the age of four, Han, a young woman born into dire poverty in 1950s Singapore, is sold as a slave to the wealthy house of Wu. Forming a close bond with the young Wu heir, Han's childhood attachment grows into a bittersweet existence of frustrated love and passion. As their love becomes a struggle against the forces of tradition and tyranny, author Catherine Lim evocatively captures the ethos of a wealthy and powerful Chinese household in an era of breathtaking beauty and shocking brutality.