Ink and Tears: Memory, Mourning, and Writing in the Yu Family 9780824867126

How does an extended family, bound by shared history, affection, and duty but divided by generation, gender, status, and

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English Pages 304 [303] Year 2018

Table of contents :
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION. A GRAVE FOR TEETH, A GRAVE FOR BOOKS
PROLOGUE: IMPRESSIONS ON SNOW
1. FROM THE PLUM RAFT TO THE TEA FRAGRANCE CHAMBER
2. BRILLIANCE, FORTUNE, AND AN AILMENT OF THE HEART
3. REMEMBERING PATTERNED SPLENDOR
4. EMBROIDERY AND INK
5. DOES SPRING REMAIN?
EPILOGUE: BEYOND FIVE GENERATIONS
APPENDIX
NOTES
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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