A Thousand Pieces of Gold: Growing Up Through China's Proverbs
by Adeline Yen Mah
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Author: Adeline Yen MahEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-10-01
ISBN: 0060006390
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: HarperOne
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Book Review: A wonderful read
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is a wonderful mix of ancient chinese history and wonderful story telling, making it an incredibly interesting and easy book to read. The author tells the story of events from around the era of chinas first empora and how these came to form proverbs that she demonstrates are still used today in modern china. By interspersing the story telling with accounts from her own life she prevents the book from turning into a history lesson and makes it a great read. My only critisism would be the occassional blatant advertising of her other book 'falling leaves'. I would highly recomend A Thousand Pieces of Gold to anyone with an interest in chinas history, proverbs or people.
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