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The novel is based on the writer's experiences in Shanghai during World War II and in the Civilian Collection Center in Lunghua, where he was interned from 1942 to 1945. Steven Spielberg made a film of the same name based on the script by Tom Stoppard.
The birth of a child is the greatest happiness of every family, but the knowledge that a newly born child is deaf changes life and gives it a different meaning. The book about Ana is the story of a family's life after such a final diagnosis.
It is a novel about condemnation, but also about women's freedom to choose the life they want and enjoy it - because life is dangerous and fleeting, and therefore there is no point in denying yourself pleasure or adventure while you are here.