Lily is haunted by memories-of who she once was, and of a person, long gone, who defined her existence. She has nothing but time now, as she recounts the tale of Snow Flower, and asks the gods for forgiveness. In nineteenth-century China, when wives and daughters were foot-bound and lived in almost total seclusion, the women in one remote Hunan county developed their own secret code for communication: nu shu ("women's writing"). Some girls were paired with laotongs, "old sames, " in emotional matches that lasted throughout their lives. They painted letters on fans, embroidered messages on handkerchiefs, and composed stories, thereby reaching out of their isolation to share their hopes, dreams, and accomplishments. With the arrival of a silk fan on which Snow Flower has composed for Lily a poem of introduction in nu shu, their friendship is sealed and they become "old sames" at the tender age of seven. As the years pass, through famine and rebellion, they reflect upon their arranged marriages, loneliness, and the joys and tragedies of motherhood. The two find solace, developing a bond that keeps their spirits alive. But when a misunderstanding arises, their lifelong friendship suddenly threatens to tear apart. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a brilliantly realistic journey back to an era of Chinese history that is as deeply moving as it is sorrowful. With the period detail and deep resonance of Memoirs of a Geisha, this lyrical and emotionally charged novel delves into one of the most mysterious of human relationships: female friendship.
I was reading the second half of this book on the plane from shanghai to london. I couldn't help my tears ever since the last time lily received the fan from snowflower and assumed that snowflower had betrayed their old same relationship. Not that I was tou...
評分Both Lily and Snow Flower were as distorted as their small feet. Born as women, they both were hurt by the foot-binding and other women's traditions of the inner realm -- variations of the same story. Just like Snow Flower, who needed her lies and pride to ...
評分I was reading the second half of this book on the plane from shanghai to london. I couldn't help my tears ever since the last time lily received the fan from snowflower and assumed that snowflower had betrayed their old same relationship. Not that I was tou...
評分 評分I was reading the second half of this book on the plane from shanghai to london. I couldn't help my tears ever since the last time lily received the fan from snowflower and assumed that snowflower had betrayed their old same relationship. Not that I was tou...
說是清朝的故事,可英文寫的,怎麼也看不齣古味兒. 更不用說小姐妹之間裏麵還有親吻擁抱. 不過這是湖南鄉村,而且是瑤族. 雖然也講三從四德,和漢族規矩不一樣也未可知. 讀著還是挺新奇的.
评分煽瞭一手好情,裹腳那段看得好揪心
评分補記
评分沒有想象中的那麼精彩~
评分受人所托讀的 還不錯 發人深省
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