by Chow Ching Lie · J'ai lu · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782290302040
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«Le palanquin des larmes» is the autobiographical account of Chow Ching Lie, published by J'ai lu in paperback (381 pages, in French).
Chow Ching Lie evokes her childhood in Mao's China: married at thirteen for her beauty to the heir of a great Shanghai fortune, she is subjected to a tyrannical mother-in-law. Amid the upheavals of the revolution, music becomes her escape and leads her to the Conservatory until she makes her way as an international pianist.
The original work was published in 1975; this paperback edition from J'ai lu is dated 28 March 2000.
For readers interested in biographies, memoirs and the history of twentieth-century China.
Chow Ching Lie was a Chinese-French writer and a classical pianist. The French film Le Palanquin des Larmes, based on her biography written by Georges Walter describes her early life as the child of a wealthy family, the difficulties she suffered after her arranged marriage at age 13, and her ultimate success as a musician.
