El abanico de seda / Snow Flower and the Secret Fan -Language: spanish

En una remota provincia de China, las mujeres crearon hace siglos un lenguaje secreto para comunicarse libremente entre si: el nu shu. Aisladas en sus casas y sometidas a la ferrea autoridad masculina, el nu shu era su unica via de escape. Mediante sus mensajes, escritos o bordados en telas, abanicos y otros objetos, daban testimonio de un mundo tan sofisticado como implacable. El ano 2002, la autora de esta novela viajo a la provincia de Huan, cuna de esta milenaria escritura fonetica, para estudiarla en profundidad. Su prolongada estancia le permitio recoger testimonios de mujeres que la conocian, asi como de la ultima hablante de nu shu, la nonagenaria Yang Huanyi. A partir de aquellas investigaciones, Lisa See concibio esta conmovedora historia sobre la amistad entre dos mujeres, Lirio Blanco y Flor de Nieve. / In nineteenth-century China, in a remote Hunan county, a girl named Lily, at the tender age of seven, is paired with a laotong, an old same, in an emotional match that will last a lifetime. The laotong, Snow Flower, introduces herself by sending Lily a silk fan on which shes written a poem in nu shu, a unique language that Chinese women created in order to communicate in secret, away from the influence of men. As the years pass, Lily and Snow Flower send messages on the fan and compose stories on handkerchiefs, reaching out of isolation to share their hopes, dreams, and accomplishments. Together they endure the agony of footbinding and reflect upon their arranged marriages, their loneliness, and the joys and tragedies of motherhood. The two find solace in their friendship, developing a bond that keeps their spirits alive. But when a misunderstanding arises, their relationship suddenly threatens to tear apart.