A Mortal Flower | |
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Author(s) | Han Suyin |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | autobiography, history |
Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
Publication date | 1966 |
Media type | Print (book) |
Pages | 412 pp |
ISBN | 0586037381 |
LC Classification | PR6015.A4674 M6 1966a |
Preceded by | The Crippled Tree |
Followed by | Birdless Summer |
A Mortal Flower is an autobiography by Han Suyin. It covers the years 1928 to 1938: her growing up in China and her journey to Belgium and her mother's family. Also her marriage to a rising officer in the Kuomintang and the retreat to Chungking in the face of the Japanese invasion of China.