by Chow Ching Lie, Georges Walter · Casterman · tapa dura · ISBN 9782203170070
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«Le palanquin des larmes» is the autobiographical account by Chow Ching Lie and Georges Walter, published by Casterman in hardcover (219 pages, in French).
Chow Ching Lie evokes her life in mid-20th-century China: chosen by the wealthiest family in Shanghai, she is forced to marry at thirteen and suffers the dominance of a tyrannical mother-in-law before making her way as an international pianist. Chow Ching Lie's account also shows the social and political changes of Mao Tse-Tung's China.
Georges Walter collected Chow Ching Lie's testimony. The edition is from 1990 and belongs to the Passé Composé collection. The work was originally published in 1975.
For readers of memoirs, biography and Chinese history, interested in the condition of women in the 20th century.
Chow Ching Lie was a Chinese-French writer and a classical pianist. The French film Le Palanquin des Larmes, based on her biography written by Georges Walter describes her early life as the child of a wealthy family, the difficulties she suffered after her arranged marriage at age 13, and her ultimate success as a musician.
