The House of Exile

by Nora Waln

Book Overview

In 1920, Nora Waln arrived in China and was welcomed into the innermost daily life of the Lin family as a "daughter in affection". It had been her dream to see China, but to be accepted into this... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0939149788
• ISBN13: 9780939149780
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Soho Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic Reading Experience!

I first read this book when only 13 years old. It belonged to my mother, who said it was the most important book I would ever read. It enthralled me when I was young, and I have since re-read it at least five times. I have just decided to read it again since talking about it with friends to whom I recommended it. This book broadened my horizons tremendously, and I have had a love for the Far East all my life and a desire to spend time there because of this book. I loved the descriptions of everyday life in China and the way the countryside and people were depicted was entrancing to me. I was fortunate to be able to live part of my adult life in the Orient, and it was everything I hoped it would be - and for the most part - without the political upheaval evident in The House of Exile.

Exceptional.

Nora Waln was my history teacher at Tientsin Grammar School mid-l930's. An American teaching English history. Would like to know what happened to her. I remember she left our school to marry.

Excellent read for Sinophiles

Having lived in China and Taiwan for over 5 years, I truly enjoyed this insight into Chinese life in the 1920's! The author does a wonderful job of pulling the reader into the historical events. I am very interested to know what happened to the author, her daughter and her husband.