Baba. A Return to China Upon My Father's Shoulders
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1994. First Edition. SIGNED (in English and Chinese) and dated in year of publication by Belle Yang and her father, Joseph Yang. Square 8vo. 211 pp. Preface by Amy Tan. Full-page color watercolor paintings; black & white illustrations. Faint spotting on text block foreedge; else a fine copy. While Belle Yang frequently signed her books, often along with Amy Tan, her signature along with her fathers' is uncommon. Item #23222
Belle Yang is a Chinese American author, illustrator, and fine artist best known for combining autobiography, Chinese history, and traditional Chinese artistic influences in her work. In "Baba" her first book, Belle shares her father's memories of growing up in Manchuria during the Japanese occupation and the Chinese Civil War. Joseph was the fourth of seven children in the House of Yang, a prominent Manchurian family.
Price: $350.00