Barbara Demick

Daughters of the Bamboo Grove

China's Stolen Children and a Story of Separated Twins

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Produktbeschreibung

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2025: the extraordinary and riveting story of separated Chinese twins, with one twin seized by the authorities and adopted into America, by the Samuel Johnson-winning journalist who reunited them as young adults.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Granta Books
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm
• ISBN-13: 9781783787258
• ISBN-10: 1783787252
• Artikelnr.: 75298665

Autorenporträt

Barbara Demick won the Samuel Johnson Prize for Nothing to Envy (Granta, 2010), her seminal book on North Korea, which went on to be shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 'Winner of Winners' Award in 2023. She is also the author of Eat the Buddha (Granta, 2020) which was longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize, and Besieged (Granta, 2012), her account of the war in Sarajevo, which won the George Polk Award, the Robert F Kennedy Award and was shortlisted for a Pulitzer Prize. She lives in New York.

Rezensionen

Barbara Demick's ability to weave intimate stories into the fabric of historical events is second to none. This is not only a classic, emotional tale of twins separated as babies, but also an investigation into the Chinese political system which allowed local officials to kidnap baby girls in the name of the one-child policy. An unforgettable story about modern China, and our indivisible humanity