The Bathing Women

The Bathing Women
AuthorTie Ning
Original titleChinese: 大浴女; pinyin: Dà yù nǚ; lit. 'Big-Bath Woman'
Translators
LanguageChinese
GenreSemi-autobiographical, historical novel, bildungsroman
PublisherCharles Scribner's Sons
Publication date
2000
Publication placeChina
Published in English
2012
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages368 pp.
ISBN1476704252

The Bathing Women is a novel written by Chinese author Tie Ning and published in Chinese in 2000, translated into English in 2012. The Bathing Women focuses on the lives and personal growth of several characters as they live in the turbulent times of the Cultural Revolution and the economic boom of the 1980s. The plot focuses on several feminist themes such as gender inequality, misogyny and sexual liberality.