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From: <Cynthia.Morrill@rcc.edu><br>
To: <john.ganim@ucr.edu><br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>Hi John,<br>
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Here is the information about Lisa See for forwarding to the English grad
serv list. I appreciate your help getting the word out.<br>
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What:<br>
Author Lisa See at RCC September 23<br>
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Who and When:<br>
Author Lisa See (Dragon Bones, On Gold Mountain) will be on the Riverside
City College campus on Friday, September 23, to talk about her new novel,
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. The free event is scheduled from 10
am-12:40 pm in the Digital Library Auditorium. For more information about
See, visit her website at
<a href="http://www.lisasee.com" eudora="autourl">www.lisasee.com</a>.
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On Star Flower and the Secret Fan from Publishers Weekly<br>
Starred Review. See's engrossing novel set in remote 19th-century China
details the deeply affecting story of lifelong, intimate friends
(laotong, or "old sames") Lily and Snow Flower, their
imprisonment by rigid codes of conduct for women and their betrayal by
pride and love. While granting immediacy to Lily's voice, See (Flower
Net) adroitly transmits historical background in graceful prose. Her
in-depth research into women's ceremonies and duties in China's rural
interior brings fascinating revelations about arranged marriages, women's
inferior status in both their natal and married homes, and the Confucian
proverbs and myriad superstitions that informed daily life. Beginning
with a detailed and heartbreaking description of Lily and her sisters'
foot binding ("Only through pain will you have beauty. Only through
suffering will you have peace"), the story widens to a vivid
portrait of family and village life. Most impressive is See's
incorporation of nu shu, a secret written phonetic code among womenhere
between Lily and Snow Flowerthat dates back 1,000 years in the
southwestern Hunan province ("My writing is soaked with the tears of
my heart,/ An invisible rebellion that no man can see"). As both a
suspenseful and poignant story and an absorbing historical chronicle,
this novel has bestseller potential and should become a reading group
favorite as well. <br>
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All rights reserved.<br>
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Where:<br>
Riverside Community College is located near downtown Riverside, on the
4800 block of Magnolia Avenue.<br>
The Digital Library Auditorium is located in the Digital Library’s lower
level.<br>
Hourly parking is available in the lot next to the RCC Digital Library
(Magnolia and Ramona). <br>
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CONTACT: <br>
Cynthia Morrill: 951-222-8765<br>
cynthia.morrill@rcc.edu<br>
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Cynthia Morrill<br>
English and Speech Communications Department<br>
Riverside Community College<br>
4800 Magnolia Avenue, Riverside, CA 92506<br>
951-222-8765<br>
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John M. Ganim<br>
Professor of English<br>
Department of English<br>
University of California, Riverside<br>
900 University Avenue<br>
Riverside CA 92521<br>
TEL (951) 827-1540<br>
FAX (951) 827-3967<br>
ON CAMPUS PHONE 21540<br>
EMAIL John.Ganim@UCR.EDU<br><br>
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