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The House of Yan: A Family at the Heart of a Century in Chinese History
Maybe someday
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Readers
38/100Critics
44/100Scholars
Author:
Lan Yan, Sam Taylor
Publisher:
Harper Paperbacks
Date:
January 28, 2020
Through the sweeping cultural and historical transformations of China, entrepreneur Lan Yan traces her familyâs history through early 20th Century to present day.
What The Reviewers Say
Yan’s reminiscences — translated in simple, fluid style from the original French, the short chapters prefaced by insightful, often beautiful phrases from various writers — are not sequential. She travels back and forth, interweaving affectionate pen portraits of grandparents, parents, and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins (the family tree is helpful) with the world of China’s privileged, educated elite to which they belonged.
... expertly translated by Sam Taylor.
A powerful memoir.
... [a] comprehensive debut memoir.
