The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume One : The Gathering Paperback / softback
Part of the Princeton Library of Asian Translations series
Paperback / softback
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In this first of a planned five-volume set, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei, an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of Hsi-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines.
This work, known primarily for its erotic realism, is also a landmark in the development of the narrative art form--not only from a specifically Chinese perspective but in a world-historical context.
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- Pages:520 pages, 40 line illus.
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:06/04/1997
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- ISBN:9780691016146
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:520 pages, 40 line illus.
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:06/04/1997
- Category:
- ISBN:9780691016146
