Anchee Min

Anchee Min

Thursday, March 20, 7:30 p.m. The cooked seed: A Memoir

In 1994, Anchee Min made her literary debut with a memoir of growing up in China during the violent trauma of the Cultural Revolution. Red Azalea became an international bestseller and propelled her career as a successful, critically acclaimed author. Twenty years later, Min returns to the story of her own life to give us the next chapter, an immigrant story that takes her from the shocking deprivations of her homeland to the sudden bounty of the promised land of America, without language, money, or a clear path.

It is a hard and lonely road. She teaches herself English by watching Sesame Street, keeps herself afloat working five jobs at once, lives in unheated rooms, suffers rape, collapses from exhaustion, marries poorly and divorces.But she also gives birth to her daughter, Lauryann, who will inspire her and finally root her in her new country. Min's eventual successes-her writing career, a daughter at Stanford, a second husband she loves-are remarkable, but it is her struggle throughout toward genuine selfhood that elevates this dramatic, classic immigrant story to something powerfully universal.

Location: Street: 1010 El Camino Real City: Menlo Park, Province: California Postal Code: 94025-4349 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

In 1994, Anchee Min made her literary debut with the international-bestseller Red Azalea, her memoir of growing up in China during the violent trauma of the Cultural Revolution. Books Inc. in Alameda is honored to host Anchee Min to share her long anticipated sequel, The cooked seed, which picks up at Min's arrival in the United States without knowing any English, and her subsequent search for self, voice, and love in her new home of Chicago.

Location: Books Inc. Street: 1344 Park St City: Alameda, Province: California Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

Min’s sequel to Red Azalea, her 1994 memoir of growing up during China’s Cultural Revolution, looks back at her difficult early years in America. To learn English, Min watched Sesame Street; to make ends meet she worked five jobs at once. She married and divorced. But she also had a daughter she loved, published successful novels, and married again, happily this time.

Street: 5015 Connecticut Ave NW City: Washington, Province: District Of Columbia Postal Code: 20008 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

The Cooked Seed: A Memoir Anchee Min “A wild, passionate and fearless American writer” (New York Times), Anchee Min is the author of Red Azalea, a memoir of growing up during the violent trauma of the Cultural Revolution, where Min spent time in a labor camp and was chosen for a lead role in a propagandist movie before the Mao communist regime collapsed. The book exists as “a powerful political as well as literary statement” (The New York Times Book Review). Min has since written six other works of historical fiction, including Becoming Madame Mao and Empress Orchid. Twenty years after the publication of Red Azalea, Min returns with the next chapter of her life story in The Cooked Seed, moving from the appalling deprivations of her birthplace to the sudden bounty of America, without language, money, or a clear path. Parkway Central Library 1901 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway) This is a FREE event; no tickets or reservations are required. For more information, please call 215-567-4341, or click here

Location: Street: Free Library of Philadelphia Additional: 1901 Vine Street City: Philadelphia, Province: Pennsylvania Postal Code: 19103-5207 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

St. Louis Central Library

Anchee Min's new work, The Cooked Seed, continues where her acclaimed memoir Red Azalea ended. Leaving China, she comes to America to find her way, her voice, and her love. An immigrant story that takes her from the shocking deprivations of her homeland to the sudden bounty of the promised land of America, it is her struggle throughout toward genuine selfhood that elevates this dramatic, classic immigrant story to something powerfully universal.

Location: Street: St. Louis Central Library Additional: 1301 Olive St. City: Saint Louis, Province: Missouri Postal Code: 63103 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

Our Diesel Author Luncheon Series resumes in Malibu with acclaimed author Anchee Min for her new book, The Cooked Seed: A Memoir.

In 1994, Anchee Min made her literary debut with Red Azalea, her memoir of growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution. Nearly twenty years later, she has written the next chapter in The Cooked Seed. From the shocking deprivations of Communism, Anchee is transported to America, with no English, no money, and no clear path. She teaches herself the language by watching Sesame Street, keeps herself afloat working five jobs at once, and sleeps in unheated rooms in desolate neighborhoods. Lonely, struggling financially, and fearful of her visa expiring, she marries badly and then divorces, taking on the challenge of raising her daughter, Lauryann, as a single mother. The story of Anchee’s eventual success - as a mother, a wife, a writer, and a woman - is an immigrant story that illuminates so many things we take for granted.

Acclaimed for her previous books (Red Azalea, Becoming Madame Mao, Pearl of China) Min's personal story is as fascinating, moving, and dramatic as fiction. She is a wonderful storyteller, in person and on the page, and this will be a memorable event. Click here to watch a video of Anchee Min discussing the book.

PLEASE NOTE: The Luncheon will be Thursday, May 16th from Noon-2pm at The Godmother's, just up the hill from the Malibu Country Mart. The cost for the Luncheon with Anchee Min and copy of the book is $65. Please contact the store at 310-456-9961 to purchase tickets.

Location: Street: Diesel, A Bookstore in Malibu Additional: Malibu Country Mart - 23410 Civic Center Way, Suite A-3 City: Malibu, Province: California Postal Code: 90265 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

The bestselling author of Red Azalea and Empress Orchid, Anchee Min returns to Warwick's on Wednesday, May 15th at 7:30pm to discuss and sign her new memoir The Cooked Seed.

In 1994, Anchee Min made her literary debut with a memoir of growing up in China during the violent trauma of the Cultural Revolution. Red Azalea became an international bestseller and propelled her career as a successful, critically acclaimed author. Twenty years later, Min returns to the story of her own life to give us the next chapter, an immigrant story that takes her from the shocking deprivations of her homeland to the sudden bounty of the promised land of America, without language, money, or a clear path.

It is a hard and lonely road. She teaches herself English by watching Sesame Street, keeps herself afloat working five jobs at once, lives in unheated rooms, suffers rape, collapses from exhaustion, marries poorly and divorces. But she also gives birth to her daughter, Lauryann, who will inspire her and finally root her in her new country. Min's eventual successes-her writing career, a daughter at Stanford, a second husband she loves-are remarkable, but it is her struggle throughout toward genuine selfhood that elevates this dramatic, classic immigrant story to something powerfully universal.

Take a look at this review from Elle Magazine.

Read the review from Mercury News here.

Location: Street: 7812 Girard Ave City: La Jolla, Province: California Postal Code: 92037 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

Anchee Min llegeix Pearl of China.

We are honored to welcome the very fine Chinese-born author Anchee Min (”Red Azalea”) with a wonderful new novel, ”Pearl of China,” loosely based on the life of Nobel Laureate Pearl S. Buck. Buck, who grew up in China, wrote that Chinese women ”are the strongest women in he world,” and Min -- a prime example -- has made it her mission to reveal the truth about the lives of some of the msot famous including Madame Mao, Empress Tzu Hsi and Pearl Buck. This ”fresh and penetrating” novel that imagines a young woman’s friendship with Buck is ardently detailed, drmatic and encompassing, a thrilling read. Min’s book is a terrific cross-cultural story that is notable for its history and its entertainment. The author was born in Shanghai in 1957 and at the age of 17 was sent to a labor collective where an emissary for Madame Mao recruited her to work as a film actress. She came to the United States in 1984 with the help of the actress Joan Chen. (jasbro)… (més)

Anchee Min debat Pearl of China.

Michael Blouin hosts three celebrated authors whose characters inhabit the fringes of their respective cultures, spotlighting the isolation, fear, and love that define their lives. Anchee Min's Pearl of China celebrates the friendship of Willow, the only child of a destitute local family and Pearl S. Buck, the headstrong daughter of zealous Christian missionaries, during decades of great tumult, of imprisonment and exile, bloody civil war and Mao’s repressive Communist regime. Alexander MacLeod’s long-awaited first collection of short stories, Light Lifting, offers a suite of unflinching elegies for a city and community on the brink. Emma Donoghue's Booker-nominated novel Room, a celebration of the resilient bond between parent and child, introduces us to five-year-old Jack. Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it's the prison where Old Nick has kept her for seven years, since she was nineteen. Tickets: $15 / $10 Student or Senior. Free for Festival Members and Carleton Students. (thebookpile)… (més)

Anchee Min llegeix Pearl of China.

From the bestselling author of Red Azalea and Empress Orchid comes the powerful story of the friendship of a lifetime, based on the life of Pearl S. Buck. Like nothing before it, Pearl of China tells the story of one of the twentieth century’s greatest writers from the perspective of the people she loved and of the land she called home. Anchee Min was born in Shanghai in 1957. During the Cultural Revolution, she was ordered by Communist officials to denounce Pearl Buck as an American imperialist. At seventeen, she was sent to a labor collective. Min moved to the United States in 1984. Her first book, the memoir Red Azalea, became an international bestseller and was published in twenty countries. (lemontwist)… (més)