by Aya Goda · CIRCE · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788477651390
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«Tao: escapada de China del pintor disidente Cao Yong» is the autobiographical account by Aya Goda, published by Circe in paperback (326 pages, in Spanish).
In 1988, Aya Goda, an art student, meets the painter Cao Yong in China. The following year, on the eve of Tiananmen, they meet again in Beijing; the artist's work, branded as erotic, unsettles the regime. She decides to marry him and seek asylum in Japan, although a passport is almost impossible. What follows is a flight narrated as biography and travel book.
Published by Circe Ediciones in 1997, translated by Antonio Cabezas. According to the back cover, it won one of Japan's most prestigious awards.
Will appeal to readers of biographies, non-fiction and stories about contemporary China and the struggle for freedom.
