6433931Our Storyhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/our-story-9781101871508/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4005971/image.jpg?v=638392503474770000112124MXNKnopf Doubleday Publishing GroupInStock/Ebooks/Begun by the author when he was eighty-seven years old and mourning the loss of his wife, Our Story is a graphic memoir like no other: a celebration of a marriage that spanned the twentieth century in China, told in vibrant, original paintings and prose.Rao Pingru was twenty-four-year-old soldier when he was reintroduced to Mao Meitang, a girl hed known in childhood and now the woman his father had arranged for him to marry. One glimpse of her through a window as she put on lipstick was enough to capture Pingrus heart: a moment that sparked a union that would last almost sixty years.Our Story is Pingru and Meitangs epic but unassuming romance. It follows the couple through the decades, in both poverty and good fortunelooking for work, opening a restaurant, moving cities, mending shoes, raising their children, and being separated for seventeen years by the government when Pingru is sent to a labor camp. As the pair ages, China undergoes extraordinary growth, political turmoil, and cultural change. When Meitang passes away in 2008, Pingru memorializes his wife and their relationship the only way he knows how: through painting. In an outpouring of love and grief, he puts it all on paper. Spanning 1922 through 2008, Our Story is a tales of enduring love and simple values that is at once tragic and inspiring: an old-fashioned story that unfolds in a nation undergoing cataclysmic change.(With gorgeous full-color illustrations throughout, and a distinctive exposed spine emulating the original Chinese design.)...4263982Our Story112124https://www.gandhi.com.mx/our-story-9781101871508/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4005971/image.jpg?v=638392503474770000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20189781101871508_W3siaWQiOiJlZmU0NDNiNS1hYmY1LTQwM2EtYTQ5OS0wMmI2MjBkYzEwYjgiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjExNywiZGlzY291bnQiOjEyLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjEwNSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDItMDVUMDY6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781101871508_Begun by the author when he was eighty-seven years old and mourning the loss of his wife, Our Story is a graphic memoir like no other: a celebration of a marriage that spanned the twentieth century in China, told in vibrant, original paintings and prose.Rao Pingru was twenty-four-year-old soldier when he was reintroduced to Mao Meitang, a girl hed known in childhood and now the woman his father had arranged for him to marry. One glimpse of her through a window as she put on lipstick was enough to capture Pingrus heart: a moment that sparked a union that would last almost sixty years.Our Story is Pingru and Meitangs epic but unassuming romance. It follows the couple through the decades, in both poverty and good fortunelooking for work, opening a restaurant, moving cities, mending shoes, raising their children, and being separated for seventeen years by the government when Pingru is sent to a labor camp. As the pair ages, China undergoes extraordinary growth, political turmoil, and cultural change. When Meitang passes away in 2008, Pingru memorializes his wife and their relationship the only way he knows how: through painting. In an outpouring of love and grief, he puts it all on paper. Spanning 1922 through 2008, Our Story is a tales of enduring love and simple values that is at once tragic and inspiring: an old-fashioned story that unfolds in a nation undergoing cataclysmic change.(With gorgeous full-color illustrations throughout, and a distinctive exposed spine emulating the original Chinese design.)...9781101871508_Knopf Doubleday Publishing Grouplibro_electonico_9781101871508_9781101871508Rao PingruInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/RandomHouse-epub-9e103105-ce6d-4931-a065-5039280bad1e.epub2018-05-08T00:00:00+00:00Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group