The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume One

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The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume One

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ISBN: 9780691016146
author: Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng
translator: David Tod Roy
publishing house: Princeton University Press
publication date: 1997 -4
series: The Plum in the Golden Vase
binding: Paperback
price: GBP 27.95
number of pages: 714

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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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