Feminine Life Tides: An Anthology of Women's Essays from the 1990s

Author: Liu Siqian
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: The four generations of women converge in the 1990s, meeting at the tree of female prose, a grand event unprecedented in the history of Chinese literature and the history of Chinese female literature. This book strives to present the authentic essence of this event, allowing you to truly feel the life cycles carved on women's bodies by the sword of time, and to sense that each generation has its own experiences, ways of living, and thoughts. Yet, every individual within a generation is so different, which further leads you to contemplate how to make choices, take responsibility, and redeem the only life you have once—just as Woolf said, "To be yourself is more important than anything else!" To compile a selection that no one else has ever done, reflecting the origins and complete picture of female prose in the 1990s, aims to highlight that this is a true tide of women's lives, the rise and fall of women's bodies, the breath of life. It is both a grand event in the history of female literature at the turn of the century and a carnival of female discourse. This book strives to make readers feel the joy of reading and truly realize that female prose in the 1990s is a life-giving spring solely for women. Rooted in female experience, with the soul of female intellect that blends emotion, reason, and interest, and with the unrestrained and open life breath of women, it washes away the stifling formalism of the prose field.