毕熙燕 毕熙燕 i(A49945 works by) ( Bi Xiyan ) (a.k.a. Vivian Bi)
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Dragon’s Gate 毕熙燕 , Ormond : Hybrid , 2020 18158601 2020 single work novel historical fiction 'Beijing teenager, Shi Ding, is thriving during the Cultural Revolution. He has won acclaim for his storytelling and for his clever entrapment of class enemies, especially those seeking to escape punishment through suicide. Suddenly, his father kills himself. Grief-stricken and now the son of a suspicious suicide, Shi Ding finds himself ostracised. Why did his father do it? Did it have something to do with that attractive neighbour, the university professor? Before he can learn more, the woman kills herself too. Ordered to guard her home, Shi Ding becomes enthralled by her library of banned world classics. He devours their stories, obsessed with finding a way to share them with a story-starved populace. But how, when doing so is dangerous?' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon Bright Swallow : Making Choices in Mao's China 毕熙燕 , Ormond : Hybrid , 2019 15879554 2019 single work autobiography

'Bright Swallow, a young girl labelled as of ‘bad origins’ in Mao’s Cultural Revolution, becomes motherless at fifteen in 1972. Determined to live a full life like her mother had known, she seizes every chance, creates choices where there appear to be none and finally has the world open up to her. The memoir distinguishes itself from other accounts of this period in being a story of hope. It celebrates resilience, the power of literature, music and the imagination; and pays tribute to the people who retained the fundamental decency that can easily disappear in adverse circumstances. Mao’s China is now history, but similar dark regimes and mad ideologies still exist. There is much suffering from discrimination, humiliation and injustice at this moment. This is why this memoir has been written.'  (Publication summary)

2 11 y separately published work icon Kevin Rudd : The Biography Robert Macklin , ( trans. 毕熙燕 )expression China : Fujian Press , 2008 Z1396941 2007 single work biography
1 洋婆婆 毕熙燕 , 2004 single work essay
— Appears in: 国 家 业 - 澳洲华人移民纪实 2004; (p. 280-285)
1 洋女婿古都认亲 毕熙燕 , 2004 single work essay
— Appears in: 国 家 业 - 澳洲华人移民纪实 2004; (p. 267-279)
1 搬家记 毕熙燕 , 2004 single work essay
— Appears in: 国 家 业 - 澳洲华人移民纪实 2004; (p. 117-128)
1 说猫 毕熙燕 , 2003 single work essay
— Appears in: 澳华文萃 (上卷) 2003; (p. 93-103)
1 y separately published work icon Tian Sheng Zuo Qie 毕熙燕 , Shanghai : Shanghai Wen Yi Chu Ban She , 2003 Z1141703 2003 single work novel
1 塔斯马里亚纪行 毕熙燕 , 2002 single work essay
— Appears in: 男儿远行 2002; (p. 222-237)
1 重返酒乡-猎人谷 毕熙燕 , 2002 single work essay
— Appears in: 男儿远行 2002; (p. 206-222)
1 y separately published work icon Qiao shang de shi jie : zou jin Aodaliya 刘海鸥 , 毕熙燕 , Shanghai : Dong fang chu ban zhong xin , 2000 Z1136746 2000 selected work essay travel
1 Kaixi De Gu Shi 毕熙燕 , 1998 single work short story
— Appears in: 她們沒有愛情 : 悉尼華文女作家小說集 1998; (p. 232-235)
1 Sinai 毕熙燕 , 1998 extract novel (Tian Sheng Zuo Qie)
— Appears in: 她們沒有愛情 : 悉尼華文女作家小說集 1998; (p. 212-231)
1 y separately published work icon Lu Ka Meng 毕熙燕 , Beijing : Hua xia chu ban she , 1996 Z827404 1996 single work novel
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