Lijia Zhang
Lijia Zhang, a former rocket factory worker, is a writer based in Beijing. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times and Newsweek, and she has been interviewed on CNN, NPR, and the BBC. Her book ”Socialism Is Great!”: A Worker’s Memoir of the New China has been published in eight countries. She earned a master’s degree from Goldsmiths, University of London, and a fellowship in the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa.
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Lotus
- By: Lijia Zhang
- Narrator: Angela Lin
- Length: 15 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
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Inspired by the secret life of the author’s grandmother, Lotus follows a young woman torn between past traditions and modern desires as she carves out a life for herself in China’s “City of Sins.”
Reserved, at times defiant,... Read more
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