Viaggiare alla ricerca della propria identità, farsi l'amante per combattere la noia, vivere una violenza e raccontarla, osservare la morte con freddezza. Grazie a una scrittura sincera e incisiva, Qiao Ye ci racconta le profondità della psicologia femminile, dando voce ai desideri, alle paure e ai segreti più intimi delle protagoniste dei nove racconti che compongono questa raccolta. Ritenuto dalla critica un "testo femminista controverso", Lei è un ritratto originale dell'intricato universo emotivo, familiare e sociale della donna in Cina.

Nell'epoca Tang (618-907) un mercante persiano dona una perla a una fanciulla dicendole di ingoiarla e di tenerla dentro di sé come elisir di immortalità alla condizione che non perda la sua purezza accompagnandosi a un uomo. La fanciulla, con il passare dei secoli, rimane fedele al patto e arriva ai giorni nostri senza coinvolgimenti sentimentali... Fino a quando incontra il giovane nipote di un famoso chef, se ne innamora e rimette in discussione la sua vita. Perla Tang dovrà scegliere se rifiutare ancora una volta l'amore per rimanere immortale o cedere ai sentimenti rischiando di morire. Ha senso la vita eterna senza emozioni? Il binomio amore-cucina è il leitmotiv del romanzo: ricette antiche, pietanze della tradizione, spezie inebrianti e condimenti gustosi accompagnano la storia dei due ragazzi. Tutti i personaggi del libro diventano voce narrante e raccontano le proprie vicende da un punto di vista soggettivo rendendo il romanzo corale e originale. Poesie in cinese classico ispirano le riflessioni della protagonista che rivive le varie epoche della sua vita millenaria.

Toughening Mechanisms in Composite Materials aims to provide a comprehensive and technically detailed coverage of composites and their toughening mechanisms. Unique in its direct and comprehensive approach, the book presents fundamental knowledge on composites’ toughening mechanisms as well as a comprehensive treatment of numerical methods. This volume summarizes the current state-of-the-art and presents the most recent research outcomes in the field. It details the development of each of the techniques, beginning with basic principles, and new concepts are illustrated with examples wherever possible.

• Covers particle-reinforced composites, fibre-reinforced composites and other toughening mechanisms
• Analyses toughening mechanisms in a broad range of composite materials
• Developments in nanotube toughened composites and toughened graphene ceramic composites are examined

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