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The Immortal Woman: A Novel
By (author) Su Chang
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Longlisted, 2025 Toronto Book Awards Finalist, Foreword INDIES 2025 Book of the Year A CBC Best Book of 2025 A sweeping generational story of heartbreak, resilience, and yearning, revealing an insider’s view of the fractured lives of Chinese immigrants and those they leave behind. Lemei, once a student Red Guard leader in 1960s Shanghai and a journalist at a state newspaper, was involved in a brutal act of violence during the Tiananmen Square protests and lost all hope for her country. Her daughter, Lin, is a student at an American university on a mission to become a true Westerner. She tirelessly erases her birth identity, abandons her Chinese suitor, and pursues a white lover, all the while haunted by the scars of her upbringing. Following China’s meteoric rise, Lemei is slowly dragged into a nationalistic perspective that stuns Lin. Their final confrontation results in tragic consequences, but ultimately, offers hope for a better future. By turns wry and lyrical, The Immortal Woman reminds us to hold tight to our humanity at any cost.
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Publisher | House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada
Published date | 17 Apr 2025
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 384
Dimensions | 203 x 133 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 425g
ISBN | 978-1-4870-1317-2
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BISAC | fiction / literary
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