Mourning a Breast, 9781923106109
Paperback
Cancer, loss, and rediscovery: A radical, honest journey of body and mind.

Mourning a Breast

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    30 June 2024

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Summary

A Radical and Generous Mourning: A Breast Cancer Journey

In 1989, the Hong Kong cult classic writer Xi Xi was diagnosed with breast cancer and began writing in order to make sense of her diagnosis and treatment. Mourning a Breast, published two and a half years later, is a disarmingly honest and deeply personal account of the author’s experience of a mastectomy and of her subsequent recovery.

The book opens with her gently rolling up a swimsuit. A beginning swimmer,…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781923106109
ISBN-10:1923106104
Author:Xi Xi, Jennifer Feeley
Publisher:Giramondo Publishing Co
Imprint:Giramondo Publishing Co
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:30 June 2024
Weight:400g
Dimensions:210mm x 148mm
About The Author

Xi Xi

Xi Xi (1937–2022) was born in Shanghai and moved to Hong Kong in 1950. Over the course of her career, she wrote several books of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, as well as numerous screenplays and newspaper and magazine columns. In 2019, she became the first writer from Hong Kong to win the Newman Prize for Chinese Literature, and her literary career was the subject of the 2015 documentary film My City. Upon its initial publication in Taiwan in 1992, Mourning a Breast was named by the China Times as one of the best ten books of the year.

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