by Kathryn Harrison · Editorial Anagrama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496333253
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«Los pies de la concubina» is the novel by Kathryn Harrison, published by Editorial Anagrama in paperback (380 pages, in Spanish).
In early 20th-century China, Mai flees an arranged marriage and ends up in a Shanghai brothel, where she meets Arthur Cohen, an Australian who campaigns against foot binding. Arthur becomes fascinated by Mai's bound feet. The novel explores desire, female rebellion, and patriarchal domination.
Edition in the Quinteto Bolsillo Collection, no. 155, translated by Encarna Castejón; published in 2005.
For readers of historical and contemporary fiction interested in early 20th-century China and female characters who defy the norms.
Kathryn Harrison is an American author. She has published seven novels, two memoirs, two collections of personal essays, a travelogue, two biographies, and a book of true crime. She reviews regularly for The New York Times Book Review. Her personal essays have been included in many anthologies and have appeared in Bookforum, Harper's Magazine, More Magazine, The New Yorker, O, The Oprah Magazine, and Vogue, Salon, and Nerve.
