Book Details
Title: The Diary of Ma Yan; The Life of a Chinese Schoolgirl Transformed
Author: Ma Yan, Edited by Pierre Haski, Translated by He Yanping and Lisa Appignanesi
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Virago
Year: 2004
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Paperback
Pages: 208
Dimensions:
Weight:
ISBN: 1-84408-076-5
Battle Scars:
Overall good condition.
Outside:
The paperback cover is intact with minor shelf wear (rubbing) to edges, ends and corners as pictured. Superficial scuffing.
The page margins (seen when book is closed) are clean.
Inside:
The binding is firm and intact.
Inside the front and back covers is clean.
The pages are clean and intact.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"'No more money for school this year. I till the land in order to pay for my brother's schooling. When I think of the happy times at school, I can almost imagine myself there. How I want to study! I want to go to school, Mother. How wonderful if I could stay at school for ever!' - Ma Yan, aged thirteen
In a remote region in north-western China, in May 2001, the journalist Pierre Haski and his group are preparing to leave Zhangjiashu, the tiny village they have been visiting. Suddenly, a peasant woman approaches and urgently thrusts into their hands a letter, written on the back of a seed packet, and tree small brown notebooks filled with characters in finely drawn pencil.
When their precious bundle is translated, they are astonished to find they hold thirteen-year-old Ma Yan's diary and a lament she's written to her mother, headed 'I Want to Study'.
Thus began a remarkable friendship that not only transformed Ma Yan's life but also the lives of the village children who were able to go back to school. And Ma Yan's diary has now been published in over fourteen languages throughout the world.
The Diary of Ma Yan is the moving tale of a young girl who wants to overcome her impoverished life, who prefers to go hungry in order to save money and buy a pen, who feels deeply for her mother and her family. It is the story of an indomitable spirit and a thirsty intelligence told with real passion."
Book Details
Title: The Diary of Ma Yan; The Life of a Chinese Schoolgirl Transformed
Author: Ma Yan, Edited by Pierre Haski, Translated by He Yanping and Lisa Appignanesi
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Virago
Year: 2004
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Paperback
Pages: 208
Dimensions:
Weight:
ISBN: 1-84408-076-5
Battle Scars:
Overall good condition.
Outside:
The paperback cover is intact with minor shelf wear (rubbing) to edges, ends and corners as pictured. Superficial scuffing.
The page margins (seen when book is closed) are clean.
Inside:
The binding is firm and intact.
Inside the front and back covers is clean.
The pages are clean and intact.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"'No more money for school this year. I till the land in order to pay for my brother's schooling. When I think of the happy times at school, I can almost imagine myself there. How I want to study! I want to go to school, Mother. How wonderful if I could stay at school for ever!' - Ma Yan, aged thirteen
In a remote region in north-western China, in May 2001, the journalist Pierre Haski and his group are preparing to leave Zhangjiashu, the tiny village they have been visiting. Suddenly, a peasant woman approaches and urgently thrusts into their hands a letter, written on the back of a seed packet, and tree small brown notebooks filled with characters in finely drawn pencil.
When their precious bundle is translated, they are astonished to find they hold thirteen-year-old Ma Yan's diary and a lament she's written to her mother, headed 'I Want to Study'.
Thus began a remarkable friendship that not only transformed Ma Yan's life but also the lives of the village children who were able to go back to school. And Ma Yan's diary has now been published in over fourteen languages throughout the world.
The Diary of Ma Yan is the moving tale of a young girl who wants to overcome her impoverished life, who prefers to go hungry in order to save money and buy a pen, who feels deeply for her mother and her family. It is the story of an indomitable spirit and a thirsty intelligence told with real passion."
