Four Sisters of Hofei - Tapa blanda

'Anyone who enjoyed WILD SWANS by Jung Chang should grab a copy of this ... the prolific correspondence spanning a century of change, provides an intimate glimpse of private lives, as well as a chronicle of Chinese culture' Hello! 'Through these seven lives, Chin paints a history of early-20th-century China that leaves one hungry to know more ... The miracle is that all four sisters were still alive to give Chin their subtly differing versions of events' Daily Telegraph

Through the stories of four sisters born between 1907 and 1914, a renowned historian examines a century of change in Chinese culture and in women's lives. Now in their late eighties and early nineties, the four Chang sisters lived through a century of historic change in China. In this extraordinary work, assembled with the benefit of letters, diaries, family histories, poetry, journals and interviews, Annping Chin shapes the story of one family into a riveting chronicle that provides a unique insight into the old China and its transition into the new. From prosperity to persecution, from foreign wars to Cultural Revolution, "Four Sisters of Hofei" is an intensely personal and sweeping story that illustrates the complex history of a complex culture.