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Begun by the author when he was eighty-seven years old and mourning the loss of his wife, Our Story is a graphic memoir like no other: a celebration of a marriage that spanned the twentieth century in China, told in vibrant, original paintings and prose. Rao Pingru was twenty-four-year-old soldier when he was reintroduced to Mao Meitang, a girl he'd known in childhood and now the woman his father had arranged for him to marry. One glimpse of her through a window as she put on lipstick was enough to capture Pingru's heart: a moment that sparked a union that would last almost sixty years. Our Story is Pingru and Meitang's epic but unassuming romance. It follows the couple through the decades, in both poverty and good fortune--looking for work, opening a restaurant, moving cities, mending shoes, raising their children, and being separated for seventeen years by the government when Pingru is sent to a labor camp. As the pair ages, China undergoes extraordinary growth, political turmoil, and cultural change. When Meitang passes away in 2008, Pingru memorializes his wife and their relationship the only way he knows how: through painting. In an outpouring of love and grief, he puts it all on paper. Spanning 1922 through 2008, Our Story is a tales of enduring love and simple values that is at once tragic and inspiring: an old-fashioned story that unfolds in a nation undergoing cataclysmic change. (With gorgeous full-color illustrations throughout, and a distinctive exposed spine emulating the original Chinese design.)

Product Identifiers

PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-101101871490

ISBN-139781101871492

eBay Product ID (ePID)237523735

Product Key Features

GenreFamily & Relationships, Social Science, Historical, Comics & Graphic Novels

Publication Year2018

LanguageEnglish

Artist/WriterRao Pingru

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Length8.4in

Item Height1.2in

Item Weight30 Oz

Item Width6.6in

Additional Product Features

Number of Pages368 Pages

Book TitleOur Story : a Memoir of Love and Life in China

Lccn2017-024862

Dewey Decimal951.050922

Original LanguageChinese

Lc Classification NumberCt1828.P56a313 2018

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Pingru, [at age] 95, makes his literary debut with a charming memoir illustrated with his own evocative watercolors . . . . A graceful, gently told narrative of contentment and resilience." -- Kirkus Reviews

Target AudienceTrade

IllustratedYes

TopicMarriage & Long-Term Relationships, Sociology / General, Nonfiction / Biography & Memoir, Asia / China, Customs & Traditions