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Madwoman On the Bridge and Other Stories

Book ID
126991768
Publisher
Black Swan
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
22 KB
Category
Standards

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✦ 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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