by Chow Ching Lie · Robert Laffont · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782221002612
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Le Palanquin des larmes is an extraordinary chronicle of China told through the eyes of Chow Ching Lie, a young woman forced to be betrothed at the age of thirteen. Married at the time of the rise of the new China, Chow Ching Lie, chosen for her exceptional beauty by the richest family in Shanghai, climbs at the age of thirteen on the flowered palanquin that will lead her to her destiny. However, for her, this will be the palanquin of tears. Through her personal story, the author shows us the changes of an ancestral China facing the revolution of Mao Tsé Toung.
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.
