SILF 2007: Namu: From the Land of the Daughters - Namu Erche Yang March 24, 2007

SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL 2007
TIX: RMB 50 (*Must be pre-booked*; see website for more detailed pricing and info)
CONTACT: (86-21) 6350-9988, 10am - 6pm daily; [email protected]

Namu Yang is from the matrilineal Moso ethnic group. She left her village on the shores of Lugu Lake to attend the Shanghai Conservatory and later became a professional singer, top model, and a prolific author. She tells her remarkable story in Leaving Mother Lake: A Girlhood at the Edge of the World. Her latest book is Being Born Beautiful is not the Same as Being Beautiful.

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