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

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
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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