by Anchee Min · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429760125
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«L'última emperadriu» is the historical novel by Anchee Min, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (400 pages, in Catalan).
Set in the 19th century, when the Ch'ing dynasty faces internal rebellions and pressure from foreign powers, it narrates the trajectory of Orchid, a young woman who enters the imperial palace as a concubine and ends up becoming the only figure capable of sustaining the empire. The novel follows her evolution from her education in the women's quarters to the center of Chinese politics.
Second novel in the Empress Orchid saga, by Anchee Min, in a Catalan translation by Xevi Solé Muñoz. Edition published in 2008; original English: The Last Empress.
For readers interested in imperial China and in fictionalized biographies of women who wielded power.
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.
