Les années vingt, dans une région rurale de la Chine. Fille d'un couple de paysans misérables, la petite Pei est envoyée à l'usine de la ville, dans une filature de soie. A l'âge de neuf ans, elle travaille déjà quinze heures par jour et envoie à ses parents l'argent dont ils ont besoin pour survivre à la famine.
La fillette, déracinée, se sent d'abord terrifiée, stupéfaite par la taille des maisons et les vêtements des citadines. Mais, bientôt, brillante, spirituelle et pleine de vie, elle trouve sa place dans la communauté. Grâce à la solidarité des autres jeunes filles avec lesquelles elle s'est liée d'amitié, le labeur éreintant devient supportable. Elles organisent le premier syndicat et la première grève jamais vue dans leur univers, découvrant ensemble la lutte pour la dignité, la fierté du travail bien fait, le sens des mots "sororité" et "solidarité". Un jour, Pei et sa meilleure amie, Lin, décident de prêter serment : elles renonceront au mariage afin de dédier leur vie entière à la filature et s'installeront dans le cadre paisible de la "maison des sœurs".
Le monde de la filature, décrit dans ses moindres détails, les liens étroits qui unissent les ouvrières, le contraste entre la tradition incarnée par ces femmes et	le changement imposé par le nouveau régime communiste, font un tableau de genre saisissant et historiquement passionnant. La limpidité de la prose et l'originalité du regard le haussent au rang d'une oeuvre littéraire accomplie.

Femmes De Soie - Occasion

A LIBRARYREADS PICK AND BEST BOOK CLUB PICK OF 2023 "A writer of astonishing grace, delicacy, and feeling."-Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay"A beautiful, haunting book."-Karen Joy Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of Booth and We Are All Completely Beside OurselvesThe beloved bestselling author of The Color of Air, Women of the Silk, and The Samurai's Garden returns with this magnificent historical novel based on the life of the luminous, groundbreaking actress Anna May Wong-the first and only Asian American woman to gain movie stardom in the early days of Hollywood. At the dawn of a new century, America is falling in love with silent movies, including young Wong Liu Tsong. The daughter of Chinese immigrants who own a laundry, Wong Liu and her older sister Lew Ying (Lulu) are taunted and bullied for their Chinese heritage. But while Lulu diligently obeys her parents and learns to speak Chinese, Wong Liu sneaks away to the local nickelodeons, buying a ticket with her lunch money and tips saved from laundry deliveries. By eleven Wong Liu is determined to become an actress and has already chosen a stage name: Anna May Wong. At sixteen, Anna May leaves high school to pursue her Hollywood dreams, defying her disapproving father and her Chinese traditional upbringing-a choice that will hold emotional and physical consequences. After a series of nothing parts, nineteen-year-old Anna May gets her big break-and her first taste of Hollywood fame-starring opposite Douglas Fairbanks in The Thief of Bagdad. Yet her beauty and talent isn't enough to overcome the racism that relegates her to supporting roles as a helpless, exotic butterfly or a vicious, murderous dragon lady while Caucasian actresses in yellowface" are given starring roles portraying Asian women. Though she suffers professionally and personally, Anna May fights to win lead roles, accept risqué parts, financially support her family, and keep her illicit love affairs hidden-even as she finds freedom and glittering stardom abroad, and receives glowing reviews across the globe. Powerful, poignant, and imbued with Gail Tsukiyama's warmth and empathy, The Brightest Star reimagines the life of the first Asian American screen star whose legacy endures-a remarkable and inspiring woman who broke barriers and became a shining light in Hollywood history.

The Brightest Star - A Historical Novel Based on the True Story of Anna May Wong

PARADE's Best Books to Read this Summer"A rich historical novel that illustrates why connection is more important and more vital than ever." -New York Times bestselling author Lisa SeeDaniel Abe, a young doctor in Chicago, is finally coming back to Hawai'i. He has his own reason for returning to his childhood home, but it is not to revisit the past, unlike his Uncle Koji. Koji lives with the memories of Daniel's mother, Mariko, the love of his life, and the scars of a life hard-lived. He can't wait to see Daniel, who he's always thought of as a son, but he knows the time has come to tell him the truth about his mother, and his father. But Daniel's arrival coincides with the awakening of the Mauna Loa volcano, and its dangerous path toward their village stirs both new and long ago passions in their community. Alternating between past and present-from the day of the volcano eruption in 1935 to decades prior-The Color of Air interweaves the stories of Daniel, Koji, and Mariko to create a rich, vibrant, bittersweet chorus that celebrates their lifelong bond to one other and to their immigrant community. As Mauna Loa threatens their lives and livelihoods, it also unearths long held secrets simmering below the surface that meld past and present, revealing a path forward for them all.

The Color of Air

Sent by her family to work in a silk factory just prior to World War II, young Pei grows to womanhood, working fifteen-hour days and sending her pay to the family who abandoned her.In "Women of the Silk" Gail Tsukiyama takes her readers back to rural China in 1926, where a group of women forge a sisterhood amidst the reeling machines that reverberate and clamor in a vast silk factory from dawn to dusk. Leading the first strike the village has ever seen, the young women use the strength of their ambition, dreams, and friendship to achieve the freedom they could never have hoped for on their own. Tsukiyama's graceful prose weaves the details of "the silk work" and Chinese village life into a story of courage and strength.

Femmes De Soie

Les années vingt, dans une région rurale de la chine.
 Fille d'un couple de paysans misérables, la petite pei est envoyée à l'usine de la ville, dans une filature de soie. a l'âge de neuf ans, elle travaille déjà quinze heures par jour et envoie à ses parents l'argent dont ils ont besoin pour survivre à la famine. la fillette, déracinée, se sent d'abord terrifiée. mais, bientôt, brillante, spirituelle et pleine de vie, elle trouve sa place dans la communauté.
 Grâce à la solidarité des autres jeunes filles avec lesquelles elle s'est liée d'amitié, le labeur éreintant devient supportable. elles organisent le premier syndicat et la première grève jamais vue dans leur univers, découvrant ensemble la lutte pour la dignité, la fierté du travail bien fait. un jour, pei et sa meilleure amie, lin, décident de prêter serment : elles renonceront au mariage afin de dédier leur vie entière à la filature et s'installeront dans le cadre paisible de la " maison des soeurs ".
 Le monde de la filature décrit dans ses moindres détails, les liens étroits qui unissent les ouvrières, le contraste entre la tradition incarnée par ces femmes et le changement imposé par le nouveau régime communiste font un tableau de genre saisissant et historiquement passionnant.

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