by Anchee Min · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429754742
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«La ciutat prohibida» is the historical novel by Anchee Min, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (429 pages, in Catalan).
The novel follows Willow, a young woman raised in the Forbidden City during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Her gaze uncovers the opulence and danger of palace life, the political intrigues, and the secrets hidden behind those walls. It is a story about identity, loyalty, and survival in a turbulent moment in China's history.
The Catalan edition was published in 2004, and the work appears in the Literature and Fiction and History categories.
For readers interested in Chinese history and period novels with a female protagonist.
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.
