Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Anchee Min
Born: January 14, 1957 (age 68)
Bio: Anchee Min or Min Anqi is a Chinese-American author who lives in San Francisco and Shanghai. Min has published two memoirs, Red Azalea and The Cooked Seed: A Memoir, and six historical novels.
Known for:
- Empress Orchid (2004)
- Red Azalea (1994)
- Becoming Madame Mao (2001)
- Pearl of China (2010)
- Wild Ginger (2002)