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Europe falls in love with the culture of Chinese females
(CRI)
Updated: 2006-06-14 11:10  More and more European readers are turning their attention to Chinese
culture, most especially in the form of books focusing on Chinese women. The
specialized subject has ranked top on reader's popularity boards several times
in European countries.
The French edition of Everlasting Regret
by Wang Anyi, published this past February, has already gained great popularity
in France. Meanwhile, Chinese Lover by Hong Ying, Chess Girl
by Shan Sa, and The Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie near the top
of the bestselling list.
Four Reasons for the Attraction:
1. Interest in supposedly Eastern
sentiments, as mediated by China.
2. These novels open the door to complex
Chinese women. Europeans can see clearly from these books that Asian females are
absolutely not as mysterious as they imagined, but are real women with deep and
complicated characteristics, just like them.
3. The works vary. Some of them
pay more attention to personal emotion, while others focus on touching
experiences to attract readers.
4. Readers can see hints of themselves and
their lives in the books. For instance, The Little Chinese Seamstress
represents local Chinese culture, but is tempted by European culture in the end.
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