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Publisher: HarperCollins UK A seductive and evocative debut that opens the doors on life as a Chinese courtesan in the Peach Blossom Pavilion ... Behind the doors of the pavilion. a world of sensuality and intrigue awaits ... Xiang Xiangs life as an innocent girl is about to change beyond recognition. ly accused of murder. Xiang Xiangs father is executed. and her mother forced into a Buddhist nunnery. Xiang Xiang. alone and friendless at thirteen years old. is tricked into entering the Peach Blossom Pavilion. where she . is given the name Bao Lan - Precious Orchid There she is trained in the fine arts of womanhood. studying music. literature. painting. and more importantly. the art of seduction and pleasuring men; and becomes one of Chinas most successful courtesans However. . Precious Orchid is determined to avenge her parents and sets out on a journey that includes passion...
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Yip's English-language debut is beautiful and evocative. The relationships between these characters are real and heart-wrenching. Though the West's recent fascination with the Chinese "flower houses" has led to a plethora of books along these lines, this particular one is rendered insightfully and memorably.
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I have long been interested in the lives of Chinese women before modernization. I admired their resourcefulness in finding moments of happiness in an oppressive society.
Peach Blossom Pavilion is about the last Chinese courtesan. These artistic women were originally called Yiji, meaning music performer and later called mingji which means prestigious prostitute, Chinese courtesans were the predecessors of their Japanese counterparts. ("Geisha" is the Japanese pronunciation of the same word in Chinese.) Since most people only know about the Japanese Geisha, especially through Arthur Goldsmith's widely enjoyed novel, Memoir of a Geisha, I decided to write about the Chinese Geisha phenomenon, so that people in the West will learn about the original form of this fascinating, yet hauntingly sad, way of life.
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- PublisherAvon
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 0007570120
- ISBN 13 9780007570126
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages468
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