by Anchee Min · Mondadori · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788439705390
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«Madame Mao» is Anchee Min's novelized biography of Jiang Qing, Mao Zedong's last wife, published by Mondadori in paperback (328 pages).
The work follows Jiang Qing from her childhood as a concubine's daughter to her career as an actress and her marriage to Mao Zedong, and addresses her rise to power, her involvement in the Cultural Revolution, and her fall after Mao's death, with a protagonist who conceived her life as a great theatrical play.
Translated into Spanish by Aurora Echevarría, the work's original title is Becoming Madame Mao and it belongs to the Las mil y una voces collection.
Intended for readers of historical fiction and biographies about 20th-century China, the Cultural Revolution, and its female figures.
Anchee Min is a Chinese-American author who lives in San Francisco and Shanghai. Min has published two memoirs, Red Azalea and The Cooked Seed: A Memoir, and six historical novels. Her fiction emphasizes strong female characters, such as Jiang Qing, the wife of chairman Mao Zedong, and Empress Dowager Cixi, the last ruling empress of China.
