Little Aunt Crane - format ePub

December 1937. The Japanese have taken Nanking. A group of terrified schoolgirls hides in the compound of an American church. Among them is Shujuan, through whose thirteen-year-old eyes we witness the...

In the last days of World War II, the Japanese occupation of Manchuria has collapsed. As the Chinese move in, the elders of the Japanese settler village of Sakito decide to preserve their honour by killing...

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 米拉蒂是个女孩的名字。八十年代初，二十岁的米拉蒂从军队文工团转业，她的人生也经历了最关键的转型——从一个被动表演艺术的舞者，转为一个独立思考创作的年轻作家。八十年代初，似乎给米拉蒂带来了一次观念大洗牌：爱情、性、自由、民主…..似乎人们的观念和行为模式在一夜间发生了颠覆性改变，曾经的不可能变成了可能，并且可能性似乎是无限的：婚外恋、一夜情、迪斯科、黑灯舞会、地下出版、画裸体模特……故事围绕米拉蒂的个人经历，见证了中国两代艺术家、作家、知识分子的觉醒和幻灭。八十年代，也是普通中国人告别毛时代，对独立自由等普世价值第一次产生巨大渴望的年代。米拉蒂和她的朋友，他的父辈，首次站在了世界文学和艺术同一地平线上，看到自由思考和表达，自由创作的无限可能性，他们兴奋，振奋，以为他们面前从此就会理所当然展开那些无限的可能性。...

Décembre 1937. Alors que l’armée japonaise se répand furieusement à travers Nankin, massacrant, violant, pillant tout sur son passage, un groupe d’écolières terrifiées se réfugie dans l’église Sainte...

December 1937. The Japanese have taken Nanking. A group of terrified schoolgirls hides in the compound of an American church. Among them is Shujuan, through whose thirteen-year-old eyes we witness the...

In the last days of World War II, the Japanese occupation of Manchuria has collapsed. As the Chinese move in, the elders of the Japanese settler village of Sakito decide to preserve their honour by killing...

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