The Lily Theatre

A strikingly original debut novel--and an international literary sensation--based on the author's experience growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution. - "An original writer of real talent." --The New York Times Book Review

When twelve-year-old Lian Shui accompanies her mother to reeducation camp, no one imagines that Lian will receive an education. But detained along with her mother are some of China's greatest thinkers and they take an interest in young Lian. She in turn delivers lectures of her own to the creatures inhabiting a pond she dubs "The Lily Theater." These ideas inform her life when she returns to school and reunites with her best friend Kim, a peasant girl through whom Lian ultimately learns about the painful failings of Mao's teachings-and of life.

Author: Lulu Wang
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 11/06/2001
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.98d
ISBN: 9780385489867

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 10/28/2001 pg. 32
New York Times 12/02/2001 pg. 89

About the Author
LULU WANG was born in Beijing in 1960. She lives in The Hague, Netherlands.