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Madwoman On the Bridge and Other Stories

โœ Scribed by Tong, Su

Book ID
109299733
Publisher
Transworld
Tongue
en-US
Weight
124 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780552774529

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โœฆ Synopsis

Set during the fall-out of the Cultural Revolution, these bizarre and delicate stories capture the collision of the old China of vanished dynasties, with communism and today's tiger economy.The mad woman on the bridge wears a historical gown which she refuses to take off. In the height of summer she stands madly on the bridge. Until a young female doctor, bewitched by the beauty of the mad woman's dress, plots to take it from her, with tragic consequences.

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