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Language
English
Description
Peony, the cloistered daughter of a wealthy family, is betrothed to a suitor she has never met. These lyrics from The Peony Pavilion mirror her own longings. In the garden of the Chen Family Villa, a small theatrical troupe is performing scenes from this epic opera. Peony attends the production, watching from behind a screen, but catches sight of a handsome man and begins a journey of love and sorrow.
Series
Zhongguo gu dai wen hua gu shi ; Di 2 ji
Publisher
Beijing da xue chu ban she
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
中文（繁體）
Author
Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
Farewell to My Concubine is a story of jealousy and passion set against the exhilarating spectacle of the Peking opera. One of the most unusual epic romances of all time, the novel moves swiftly from the decadent glamour of 1930s China through the horrors of the Japanese occupation right up to Hong Kong in the 1980s. This riveting and sensual story could only have come from the pen of Lilian Lee, one of the Chinese reading world's most beloved and...
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