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Buy me the sky : the remarkable truth of China's one-child generations

Xinran, 1958-2015
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With journalistic acumen and a novelist's flair, Xinran tells the remarkable stories of men and women born in China after 1979 - the recent generations raised under China's single-child policy. At a time when the country continues to transform at the speed of light, these generations of precious 'one and onlies' are burdened with expectation, yet have often been brought up without any sense of responsibility. Within their families, they are revered as 'little emperors' and 'suns', although such cosseting can come at a high price: isolation, confusion and an inability to deal with life's challenges.
Main title:
Buy me the sky : the remarkable truth of China's one-child generations / Xinran ; translated by Esther Tyldesley and David Dobson.
Author:
Xinran, 1958-, authorTyldesley, Esther, translatorDobson, David, translator
Imprint:
London : Rider, 2015.London : Rider, 2015.
Collation:
xxvi, 286 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Chinese.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781846044717 (hbk)
Dewey class:
306.8740954306.874 XIN306.874306.874XINA306.874
Language:
EnglishChinese
BRN:
1734114
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