Lisa See
Forfatter af Sneblomst og den hemmelige vifte
Om forfatteren
Lisa See was born in Paris but grew up in Los Angeles, spending much of her time in Chinatown. She is of Chinese decent. Her first book, On Gold Mountain: The One Hundred Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family (1995), was a national bestseller and a New York Times Notable Book. The book traces vis mere the journey of Lisa's great-grandfather, Fong See. Her first fiction novel, Flower Net (1997) was a national bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book, and on the Los Angeles Times Best Books List for 1997. Flower Net was also nominated for an Edgar award for best first novel. In addition to writing books, Ms. See was the Publishers Weekly West Coast Correspondent for 13 years. Her bestselling novels, all inspired by her Chinese heritage, include Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, A Peony in Love, Shanghi Girls, Dreams of Joy and China Dolls. Among her awards and recognitions are the Organization of Chinese Americans Women's 2001 award as National Woman of the Year and the 2003 History Makers Award presented by the Chinese American Museum. See serves as a Los Angeles City Commissioner. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Disambiguation Notice:
(eng) Lisa See collaborated with her mother Carolyn See and her mother's companion John Espey to write several novels, published under the pseudonym Monica Highland.
Image credit: Patricia Williams
Serier
Værker af Lisa See
Tyrus Wong: A Restrospective 2 eksemplarer
Peony in Love [abridged] 1 eksemplar
2005 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop (2012) — Bidragyder — 550 eksemplarer
What My Mother Gave Me: Thirty-one Women on the Gifts That Mattered Most (2013) — Bidragyder — 93 eksemplarer
A Taste of Murder: Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers (1999) — Bidragyder — 44 eksemplarer
Satte nøgleord på
Almen Viden
- Juridisk navn
- Kendall, Lisa See
- Andre navne
- Highland, Monica (pseudonym)
See, Lisa - Fødselsdato
- 1955-02-18
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Parijs, Frankrijk
- Bopæl
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Uddannelse
- Loyola Marymount University
- Erhverv
- writer
novelist - Relationer
- See, Carolyn (mother)
- Organisationer
- El Pueblo de Los Angeles Monument Authority (Los Angeles City Commissioner)
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Organization of Chinese American Women (National Woman of the Year, 2001)
Chinese American Museum’s History Makers Award (2003) - Kort biografi
- See www.lisasee.com/Bio.htmLisa See is an American writer and novelist. Her books include On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family (1995), a detailed account of See's family history, and the novels Flower Net (1997), The Interior (1999), Dragon Bones (2003), Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2005), Peony in Love (2007) and Shanghai Girls (2009), which made it to the 2010 New York Times bestseller list. Both Shanghai Girls and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan received honorable mentions from the Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature.
See's novel, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane (2017), is a powerful story about circumstances, culture, and distance among the Akha people of Xishuangbanna, China. It paints an unforgettable portrait of a little known region and its people and celebrates the bond of family.
See's most recent novel, The Island of Sea Women, is a story about female friendship and family secrets on Jeju Island before, during and in the aftermath of the Korean War. It was released on March 5, 2019.
Flower Net, The Interior, and Dragon Bones make up the Red Princess mystery series. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and Peony in Love focus on the lives of Chinese women in the 19th and 17th centuries respectively. Shanghai Girls (2009) chronicles the lives of two sisters who come to Los Angeles in arranged marriages and face, among other things, the pressures put on Chinese-Americans during the anti-Communist mania of the 1950s. See completed a sequel titled Dreams of Joy, released in May 2011. China Dolls (June 2014) deals with Chinese American nightclub performers of the 1930s and 1940s.
Writing under the pen name Monica Highland, See, her mother Carolyn See, and John Espey, published two novels: Lotus Land (1983), 110 Shanghai Road (1986), and Greetings from Southern California (1988), a collection of early 20th Century postcards and commentary on the history they represent. She has a personal essay ("The Funeral Banquet") included in the anthology Half and Half.
See has donated her personal papers (1973–2001) to UCLA. During the 2012 Golden Dragon Chinese New Year Parade in Los Angeles Chinatown, See served as the Grand Marshal. - Oplysning om flertydighed
- Lisa See collaborated with her mother Carolyn See and her mother's companion John Espey to write several novels, published under the pseudonym Monica Highland.
Medlemmer
Discussions
On Gold Mountain, Lisa See i World Reading Circle (august 2013)
Anmeldelser
Lister
Great Audiobooks (1)
Unread books (1)
Reading Globally (1)
Women in War (1)
Netgalley Reads (1)
Allie's Wishlist (1)
Sense of place (1)
Women's Stories (1)
to get (1)
Urban Fiction (1)
AP Lit (1)
Asia (3)
Female Author (2)
A Novel Cure (1)
To Read (1)
Hæderspriser
Måske også interessante?
Associated Authors
Statistikker
- Værker
- 20
- Also by
- 6
- Medlemmer
- 27,967
- Popularitet
- #726
- Vurdering
- 3.9
- Anmeldelser
- 1,368
- ISBN
- 418
- Sprog
- 22
- Udvalgt
- 96
- Trædesten
- 1,091
En kinesisk roman der giver indblik i, hvordan kvinder i 1800-tallets Kina levede i et isoleret univers, hvor snørede fødder og traditionelle kvindedyder dominerede hverdagen.
80-årige Lilje ser tilbage på sit liv og reflekterer over de beslutninger, hun har truffet gennem årene – både dem der var rigtige og dem, hvor hun fejlede. Fejl der er uoprettelige, og som tynger hendes sind mere og mere. Lilje kommer fra en hårdtarbejdende fattig familie, hvor vilkårene er hårde, og en datter kun er en mund mere at mætte. Allerede som syvårig begynder familien traditionen tro at få arrangeret et passende ægteskab for hende. Det er også som syvårig, at der er tradition for, at man starter indsnøringen af fødderne. Og da størrelsen af fødderne er målestok for en kvindes skønhed, har de afgørende betydning, når ægteskabet arrangeres.
Liljes fødder kommer til at ændre hendes fremtid. Da den lokale spåmand ser Liljes fødder, ser han, at hun har potentiale for at få perfekte gyldne liljer – som de snørede fødder kaldes. Der bliver sendt bud efter koblersken Madam Wang, der normalt kun arrangerer ægteskaber for de fineste landsbyer i området. Madam Wang arrangerer et godt ægteskab for Lilje, der kommer til at ændre hendes status. Samtidig baner Madam Wang vejen for, at Lilje får en laotong - en livslang veninde. Madam Wang har dog sin egen dagsorden for at skabe denne forbindelse. Liljes laotong bliver den dannede Sneblomst, som er født på samme dag som Lilje. Sneblomst sender Lilje en vifte med et digt skrevet på nu shu, som er en hemmelig kommunikationskode udviklet af kvinder til kvinder for, at kunne kommunikere uden, at mændene kan læse det.
"Sneblomst og den hemmelige vifte" er en fascinerende historie om venskab, kærlighed, traditioner og om hvordan kvinderne i 1800-talletes Kina levede isolerede og måtte indfinde sig med at få snøret deres fødder og blive gift bort i en ung alder. Detaljerede beskrivelser giver læseren et tydeligt og levede billede af forholdene. Man kan heller ikke andet end at føle med Lilje, når sult, sygdom, død, misforståelser og løgne dominerer livets gang.… (mere)