Books by Bi Feiyu
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review 1: This well written (in my opinion) book tell the tale of three of seven sisters (first, third and seventh) in the 70s and 80s in rural China. The book has a mere three chapters and each one (about 100 pages a piece) deals with one of the sisters. Their heartbreaking stories are to...
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review 1: A story about the lives of three sisters in communist China in the 1980s; divided into three chapters, one per sister. The chapters felt like they were chopped out of a bigger novel as they don't seem to conclude properly. The last chapter felt like it came out of nowhere and wen...
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review 1: This novella reminded me a bit of the movie Black Swan (in a less psychotic way), and the parts detailing the intense feelings of the main character were interesting to read. The rest of it, describing operatic singing, for example, was strikingly boring. I finished the book two ...
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review 1: Actual rating: 3.5Je ziet het ambitieuze leven van een opera zangeres die een glorieuze carrière naar de knoppen heeft gewerkt door o.a. hoogmoed. Maar een passie kan je niet zomaar blussen. Gebroken en innerlijk dood als ze zich voelde, geeft ze les in een operaschool. Hiermee p...