MAXINE HONG KINGSTON

Hong-Kingston, Maxine

By the author of the bestselling THE WOMAN WARRIOR, a magical book: a literature of peace built on the stories of war.Divided into four sections - 'Fire', 'Paper', 'Water' and 'Earth' - this book is neither fiction nor autobiography nor memoir, but a unique form of Chinese 'talk-story' in which real and imagined worlds intrude upon and enrich one another. From the anti-war protests in Hawaii to Kingston's own conversations with Vietnam veterans, the author takes us inside the hearts and minds of a host of characters, not least of whom is her own Mama, the veteran woman warrior Brave Orchid. This remarkable book is also the narrative of the seminal years in which Kingston rebuilds her life following a devastating fire, which destroyed all her possessions including her novel THE FOURTH BOOK OF PEACE, and the death of her father.

A Chinese American woman tells of the Chinese myths, family stories and events of her California childhood that have shaped her identity.

A mig camí entre lautobiografia, la literatura tradicional xinesa i la ficció, Maxine Hong Kingston intenta cercar en La dona guerrera un equilibri que li permeti conciliar la seva doble identitat asiatica i americana i construir-ne una de propia, tot superant les dificultats que el poder masculi dominant i lherencia cultural xinesa li imposen. Lautora se serveix de les histories dalgunes de les dones de la seva familia per explorar el seu propi bagatge cultural: els fenomens sobrenaturals i invisibles i les supersticions orientals es barregen i lluiten constantment amb la racionalitat i la ciencia occidental. Daquest espasme contracultural en surt La dona guerrera, una historia personal i gens convencional que ha esdevingut el retrat de molts dels integrants de la primera generacio damericans dorigen xines que viuen actualment als Estats Units.