Imbued with a magical quality, this elegant fable transports
readers to early 20th-century China, a country brimming with
ghosts, with weddings between the living and the dead, and with
superstitions and ancestral rites. Living in the midst of this is
the tale's protagonist, a young girl living in dread of the
marriage her parents are attempting to arrange for her. She has
eyes only for Xiaomei, the daughter of a blind bird vendor. She and
Xiaomei initiate an at-first halting, timid friendship, but in
their meetings in the park where the elderly gather with their
birds, they discover the importance of what should be spoken and
what should be left unsaid, and of beauty and loyalty, which have
the power to lift them out of their circumstances.
General
| Imprint: |
Editorial Impedimenta
|
| Country of origin: |
Spain |
| Release date: |
May 2014 |
| First published: |
May 2014 |
| Authors: |
Eduardo Berti
|
| Introduction by: |
Alberto Manguel
|
| Dimensions: |
210 x 127 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade / With dust jacket
|
| Pages: |
240 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-84-15-57818-5 |
| Languages: |
Spanish
|
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
84-15-57818-0 |
| Barcode: |
9788415578185 |
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