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Anchee Min

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Chinese-American author

Person · Open Library

Born
1957
Works
62

Top works

  • Azeliʾah adumah
  • Sipurah shel Ginger-Bar
  • Li-heyot Madam Maʾo
  • Остання імператриця Китаю
  • Rote Azalee.

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
Montréal
Active from
2015-04-18

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
27
Total plays
721

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Quotes

  • In all of my historical novels (from Becoming Madame Mao to Empress Orchid and The Last Empress to Pearl of China) I have tried to be as accurate as possible because accuracy gives my historical themes weight. But some have been more literally true than others. The advantage of being a novelist is having the freedom to go directly after the truth of the human heart…
  • I didn't have to do the research I did for my historical novels, especially Empress Orchid, on which I labored to line up every account/record — investigative journalism, so to speak. The challenge about writing The Cooked Seed as a memoir was the issue of honesty, as how far and how deep was I willing to go to expose, examine, and dissect my life — that included doing autopsies on my flaws and personal failures.
  • I had no expectations. I thought, “If I don’t make it, it’s my own fault.” In China I had to suffer and labour for the Communist Party – here I was given the opportunity to suffer and labour for myself and to build my own life. I chose to look at the glass half full – I think that’s a very immigrant attitude.
  • I cultivate my Chinese garden in the middle of an American town…I love China with all my heart and soul, although I feel fortunate to have escaped it.

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date of birth
1957-01-14
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