Becoming Madame Mao (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of Becoming Madame Mao Saturday, August 1 2009.

• From the best-selling author of RED AZALEA, this extraordinary novel tells the stirring, erotically charged story of Madame Mao Zedong, the woman almost universally known as the 'white-boned demon,' whom many hold directly responsible for the excesses of the Cultural Revolution. Bringing her lush psychological insight to bear on the facts of history, Min penetrates the myth surrounding this woman and provides a "convincing, nuanced portrait of a damaged personality" (Entertainment Weekly) driven by ambition, betrayal, and a never-to-be-fulfilled need to be loved. With all the compressed drama and high lyrical poetry of great opera, BECOMING MADAME MAO is a "remarkable accomplishment . . . Madame Mao is finally given her own voice" (Ha Jin).

Shelfari edited the contributors of Becoming Madame Mao Thursday, July 23 2009.

• Added a contributor: Anchee Min: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Becoming Madame Mao Friday, July 17 2009.

• SHE LEARNS PAIN EARLY.