Three Sisters

In a small village in China,
the Wang family has produced seven sisters in its quest to have a boy; three
of the sisters emerge as the lead characters in this remarkable novel. From
the small-town treachery of the village to the slogans of the Cultural Revolution
to the harried pace of city life, Bi Feiyu follows the women as they strive
to change the course of their destinies and battle against an “infinite ocean
of people ” in a China that does not truly belong to them. Yumi will use her
dignity, Yuxiu her powers of seduction, and Yuyang her ambition—all in an
effort to take control of their world, their bodies, and their lives. Like
Dai Sijie’s Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Arthur Golden’s Memoirs
of a Geisha, and J.G. Ballard’s Empire of the Sun, Three Sisters transports
us to and immerses us in a culture we think we know but will understand much
more fully by the time we reach the end. Bi’s Moon Opera was praised by the
Los Angeles Times, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and other publications. In
one review Lisa See said: “I hope this is the first of many of Bi’s works to
come to us.” Three Sisters fulfills that wish, with its irreplaceable
portrait of contemporary Chinese life and indelible story of three tragic and
sometimes triumphant heroines.