Shanghai—Paris Mother and Daughter Talk

Author: Huang Yun, He Suo
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: This book is a collection of correspondence and conversations between the renowned playwright Huang Yun and his daughter, He Suo. The book is divided into two parts. The first part is "Shanghai-Paris Letters," which includes 74 family letters exchanged from early 1990 to late 1992. The letters cover topics such as He Suo studying and working in France, French customs and scenery, as well as themes like friendship, love, family, life, society, and culture. It also discusses the experiences Huang Yun encountered during his creative process, the atmosphere of Shanghai in its early stages of reform, and the mindset of people at the time. The second part is "Shanghai-Paris Mother-Daughter Talks." By this time, He Suo had already graduated with a master's degree in Paris and was working as a graphic designer for a publishing house before moving to a multimedia training center, where she excelled. She had fallen in love with and married a French man, Maurice, and had a child. Her perspective on life had matured, so the mother-daughter conversations in this part delve more into topics such as career, marriage, family, Eastern and Western cultures, and the values of life.