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Šangajska princeza
Rođena u Australiji u porodici industrijalaca kineskog porekla, Dejzi Kvok se seli u Šangaj gde u prvim decenijama 20. veka živi lagodnim životom„princeze“ jedne od najbogatijih porodica tog velikog kineskog grada.
Sa Kulturnom revolucijom pod vođstvom Mao Cedunga, Dejzi postaje jedna od žrtava te strašne čistke u kineskom komunističkom društvu. Naporni rad u logorima „za prevaspitavanje kapitalista“, svakodnevno maltretiranje, iscrpljivanje do krajnjih granica, život u siromaštvu, glad, beda obeležavaju njen život čitave dve decenije. Uprkos tome, fizički slaba ali duhovno neverovatno snažna, Dejzi uspeva da preživi i opstane, ponosna i dostojanstvena.
Danjan Čen, jedna od najpoznatijih književnica današnje Kine, spisateljica poznatih kineskih bestselera (Šangajska princeza prodata je u milion primeraka) kroz sudbinu svoje junakinje govori i o istoriji Šangaja, jednog od najdinamičnijih gradova sveta, ekonomskog i kulturnog centra NR Kine, kineskog prozora u svet kroz vekove.
Šangajska princeza je jedna od retkih autentičnih biografija, koja govori o strahotama Kulturne revolucije.
Sa Kulturnom revolucijom pod vođstvom Mao Cedunga, Dejzi postaje jedna od žrtava te strašne čistke u kineskom komunističkom društvu. Naporni rad u logorima „za prevaspitavanje kapitalista“, svakodnevno maltretiranje, iscrpljivanje do krajnjih granica, život u siromaštvu, glad, beda obeležavaju njen život čitave dve decenije. Uprkos tome, fizički slaba ali duhovno neverovatno snažna, Dejzi uspeva da preživi i opstane, ponosna i dostojanstvena.
Danjan Čen, jedna od najpoznatijih književnica današnje Kine, spisateljica poznatih kineskih bestselera (Šangajska princeza prodata je u milion primeraka) kroz sudbinu svoje junakinje govori i o istoriji Šangaja, jednog od najdinamičnijih gradova sveta, ekonomskog i kulturnog centra NR Kine, kineskog prozora u svet kroz vekove.
Šangajska princeza je jedna od retkih autentičnih biografija, koja govori o strahotama Kulturne revolucije.
407 pages, Paperback
First published November 11, 2009
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September 1, 2012
Daisy's life story is very dramatic compared to her siblings who left for Shanghai after the liberation. As a daughter who was born with a golden spoon in her mouth, she had a very carefree life like the bright sunshine.It is a miracle that she can survive in the non-stop political campaigns, moments and the crazy 10-year revolution since 1950as. Her inner power gets stronger and stronger during the tortures. Probably her good education in the western school and Beijing University in her teens and twenties supports her to face the hard situation.I appreciate her pride and dignity in her whole life.I read it in Chinese and it is very easy to finish it in several hours.But it will take me four times longer if it is in English.
Her father's department store is still there in Nanjing Road in Shanghai. He would never have thought that his daughters left in Shanghai suffered a lot in their lives.
The writer is very good story teller and she narrates Daisy life in a very smooth way. The pictures help readers to understand the past time very well.
Her father's department store is still there in Nanjing Road in Shanghai. He would never have thought that his daughters left in Shanghai suffered a lot in their lives.
The writer is very good story teller and she narrates Daisy life in a very smooth way. The pictures help readers to understand the past time very well.
August 7, 2020
Daisy Kwok’s is a remarkable story: the richest girl in old Shanghai, scion of the department store-owning Kwok family, and the prettiest girl in old Shanghai. But she remained in Shanghai throughout her life-through political campaigns that took her husband, her home, her life, was subjected to “reform through labor”, struggled against - and yet insisted that she would do it all again, because it made her stronger and gave her richer life experience. She stayed, in the 80s and 90s, right until her death, because Shanghai was home. Safe to say there are few experiences like hers.
This book is worthwhile for the incredible photographs and nuggets on Daisy’s life and thoughts, but to get to them, you have to follow the meandering thoughts of the writer, much speculation, reading all sorts of things into Daisy’s expressions in photographs and a rather disorganized book that doesn’t follow much of a timeline at all. Incidents are referred to but not explained, or sometimes referred to first and then explained several chapters later. Some of the blame is the translator’s—she has elected to translate a book that was written for a Chinese audience without explaining terms to an English-speaking audience not necessarily familiar with China.
But for fans of Daisy, and old Shanghai, there are enough gems to make it worth reading.
This book is worthwhile for the incredible photographs and nuggets on Daisy’s life and thoughts, but to get to them, you have to follow the meandering thoughts of the writer, much speculation, reading all sorts of things into Daisy’s expressions in photographs and a rather disorganized book that doesn’t follow much of a timeline at all. Incidents are referred to but not explained, or sometimes referred to first and then explained several chapters later. Some of the blame is the translator’s—she has elected to translate a book that was written for a Chinese audience without explaining terms to an English-speaking audience not necessarily familiar with China.
But for fans of Daisy, and old Shanghai, there are enough gems to make it worth reading.
November 23, 2020
Realno 3.5 🌟 Odlicna ideja, inspirativna prica...ali je nesto falilo: stil pisanja ili los prevod mi nisu dozvolili da se opustim i prepustim citanju u potpunosti.
Iako je knjiga izdeljena na poglavlja po godinama (hronoloski), sto bi trebalo da garantuje neki red - spisateljica je odredjene price vise puta ponavljala i provlacila na vise mesta...sto ipak ostavlja haotican utisak, kao da citate nesredjenu gradju za roman ili da je cilj bio razvuci pricu i stvoriti obimno delo makar i po cenu kvaliteta.
Iako je knjiga izdeljena na poglavlja po godinama (hronoloski), sto bi trebalo da garantuje neki red - spisateljica je odredjene price vise puta ponavljala i provlacila na vise mesta...sto ipak ostavlja haotican utisak, kao da citate nesredjenu gradju za roman ili da je cilj bio razvuci pricu i stvoriti obimno delo makar i po cenu kvaliteta.
June 5, 2015
Daisy was a remarkable woman to survive the horrific nature of social unrest, paranoia, state sponsored torture, etc. at her age. What a marvel. There are fewer and fewer people like daisy walking this earth. Meanwhile, people like the kardashians are celebrated without having worked a solid day in their lives. Such a stark contrast in the meaning of life and living.
September 28, 2023
Lepo zamišljena priča. Stil pisanja je prema mom shvatanju konfuzan. Lično mi ne prija. Kao da je svaka tema ostala nedovršena. Naročito mi nije prijalo pominjanje istorijskih pojmova samo po imenu, bez bilo kakvog osvrta na te događaje ili objašnjenje. Ličnost koja je opisana je više nego zanimljiva, ali način na koji je pisac prikazuje je bled.
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