The Middle Heart Trade paperback - 1997
by Lord, Bette Bao
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- Paperback
1932: As China shamefully kowtows under Japanese occupation, three unlikely companions are fatefully bound by their steadfast patriotism: an heir to a once-great aristocracy; his crippled servant; and "Firecrackers", a poor grave keeper's daughter masquerading as a boy. Enmeshed in a love triangle, they will live to see their loyalty to one another tested again and again.
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Details
- Title The Middle Heart
- Author Lord, Bette Bao
- Binding Trade paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Fine.
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ballantine Books, New York, NY
- Date 1997
- Features Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # Alibris.0039215
- ISBN 9780449912324 / 0449912329
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.1 in (21.34 x 13.97 x 2.79 cm)
- Reading level 980
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
- Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Friendship
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97090021
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
From the rear cover
Yet as war and, later, the Communist Revolution ignite, cruel circumstances separate them. One becomes a political leader, one a writer, one an actress. But despite incessant historical upheaval, their lives continue to intertwine in poignant, often tragic, ways. Enmeshed in a love triangle, they will live to see their loyalty to one another tested again and again.
Through these three richly drawn characters, Bette Bao Lord re-creates the stirring drama of twentieth-century China. In vivid, haunting prose she evokes the outrages that marred fifty years of the Chinese people's existence -- and illuminates the remarkable resilience that defines them to this day.
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Citations
- New York Times, 07/20/1997, Page 32
- NY Times Notable Bks of Year, 01/01/1997, Page 97
- Publishers Weekly, 06/16/1997, Page 0