Finding Iris Chang (e-bog) af Kamen, Paula
Kamen, Paula (forfatter)

Finding Iris Chang e-bog

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This account of a bestselling author's suicide is ';part biography, part detective story, part memoir of a thorny but enduring friendship' (Molly Worthen, author of Apostles of Reason). Iris Chang's mysterious suicide in 2004, at age thirty-six, didn't seem to make any sense. She had more to live for than anyone, including fame, fortune, beauty, a husband, and a child. Some even wondered if th...
E-bog 127,71 DKK
Forfattere Kamen, Paula (forfatter)
Forlag Da Capo Press
Udgivet 10 december 2007
Længde 306 sider
Genrer BGL
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780306817250
This account of a bestselling author's suicide is ';part biography, part detective story, part memoir of a thorny but enduring friendship' (Molly Worthen, author of Apostles of Reason). Iris Chang's mysterious suicide in 2004, at age thirty-six, didn't seem to make any sense. She had more to live for than anyone, including fame, fortune, beauty, a husband, and a child. Some even wondered if the controversial New York Times-bestselling author of TheRape of Nankinghad been murdered. Long-time friend Paula Kamen was among those left wondering what had gone so wrong. Seeking to reconcile the suicide with the image of Chang's ';perfect' life, Kamen searched her own memory and scoured Chang's letters, diaries, and archival material to fill in the gaps of Chang's personal transformationfrom awkward teen to homecoming princess in college, from ';ex-shy person' to world-class speaker and international human rights pioneerand her later decline into mental illness and paranoia. A literary investigation of an important writer's journey,Finding Iris Changis a tribute to a lost heroine, a portrait of the real and vulnerable woman who inspired so many around the world. ';Probes the stigma of mental illness in the Asian-American community, Chang's sense of guilt over her son's autism, her veneer of perfection and the deterioration of her mental state.' Publishers Weekly ';A rewardingly complex portrait of a driven and troubled woman.' Kirkus Reviews