Carroll H. (Seahorse) reviewed on + 30 more book reviews
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Very enjoyable, well-written book. Evokes the beauty and hardship of China, showing both China's headlong rush to forget the past, and a past that permeates through everything.
The story follows an American expat woman working as a translator who wishes she were Chinese and attempts to become so through a series of one night stands with Chinese men. While working as a translator for an American archeologist in search of the long-lost Peking Man skeleton, she becomes involved with a Chinese archeologist searching for his long lost wife, a victim of China's cultural revolution. The interaction of the primary characters is used to examine cultural differences that are often very difficult to pin down or not spoken of at all.
The story follows an American expat woman working as a translator who wishes she were Chinese and attempts to become so through a series of one night stands with Chinese men. While working as a translator for an American archeologist in search of the long-lost Peking Man skeleton, she becomes involved with a Chinese archeologist searching for his long lost wife, a victim of China's cultural revolution. The interaction of the primary characters is used to examine cultural differences that are often very difficult to pin down or not spoken of at all.
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