The Porcelain ThiefThe Porcelain Thief: Searching the Middle Kingdom for Buried China
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- 出版社 Crown
- 出版时间 2015年3月
- ISBN 9780307986306
内容简介
AjournalisttravelsthroughoutmainlandChinaandTaiwaninsearchofhisfamily’shiddentreasureandcomestounderstandhisancestryasheneverhasbefore.In1938,whentheJapanesearrivedinHuanHsu’sgreat-great-grandfatherLiu’sYangtzeRiverhometownofXingang,Liuwasforcedtoburyhisvaluables,includingavastcollectionofprizedantiqueporcelain,andundertakeadecades-longtrekthatwouldsplinterthefamilyoverthousandsofmiles.Manyyearsandupheavalslater,Hsu,raisedinSaltLakeCityandarmedonlywithcuriosity,movestoChinatoworkinhisuncle’ssemiconductorchipbusiness.Oncethere,aconversationwithhisgrandmother,hislastlivinglinktodynasticChina,ignitesadesiretolearnmoreaboutnotonlyhislostancestralheirloomsbutalsoporcelainitself.Masteringthelanguageenoughtoventureintothecountryside,HsusetsouttoseparatethelayersoffactandfictionthathaveobscuredbothChinaandhisheritageandfinallycompletehisfamily’slongmarchbackhome.Meldingmemoir,travelogue,andsocialandpoliticalhistory,ThePorcelainThiefoffersanintimateandunforgettablewaytounderstandthecomplicatedeventsthathavedefinedChinaoverthepasttwohundredyearsandprovidesarevealing,livelyperspectiveoncontemporaryChinesesocietyfromthepointofviewofaChineseAmericancomingtotermswithhishyphenatedidentity.
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