by Xinran · Droemer Knaur · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783426627785
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«Verborgene Stimmen» is Xinran's book of testimonies, published by Droemer Knaur in hardback (319 pages, in German).
Xinran brings together stories of Chinese women who shared on her radio programme desires and sufferings rarely expressed in public. Among these testimonies are the women of the «calling mountain», sold to be wives of several brothers in one family. The book gives voice to women whose lives have been marked by tradition and poverty.
The book was originally published as The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices. It was nominated for the Kiriyama Prize in the non-fiction category.
For readers of memoirs and social non-fiction, and for those who want to learn about the lives of women in contemporary China through real testimonies.
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.
