by Xinran · Random House UK · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099440789
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«The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices» is Xinran's non-fiction work, published by Random House UK in paperback (240 pages, in English).
Xinran recalls her late-night radio programme Words on the Night Breeze, in which Chinese women spoke for the first time about their experiences. Between memoir and reportage, the book reflects family pressure, decades of conflict and political control, as well as the resilience of those who broke their silence.
The radio programme Words on the Night Breeze ran for eight years. The book was nominated for the Kiriyama Prize in the non-fiction category in 2002.
For readers interested in China's social history, gender studies and testimonial non-fiction.
Xuē Xīnrán is a British-Chinese journalist, author, speaker, and advocate for women's issues. She was a popular radio personality in China with a call-in program named "Words on the Night Breeze" from 1989 to 1997. The program focused on women's issues and life stories. She was well known for travelling extensively in China to interview women for her work. In 1997, she moved to London and began writing stories of the women she met along her journeys. Her first book, The Good Women of China, was published in 2002, becoming an international bestseller. She frequently contributes to The Guardian and the BBC.
