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The Plum in the Golden Vase: Volume 3 - The Aphrodisiac

by David Tod Roy, Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng
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The Plum in the Golden Vase: Volume 3 - The Aphrodisiac
The Plum in the Golden Vase: Volume 3 - The Aphrodisiac

Erotic exploration in 16th-century Chinese merchant's life.

If you're intrigued by explorations of human desires and the intricacies of domestic life set against a rich historical canvas, "The Plum in the Golden Vase" may resonate with you. This volume offers a deep dive into the sensual and moral complexities of its time, revealing aspects of Chinese culture that still influence modern society. Its narrative is both scandalous and thought-provoking, which might just make you ponder the eternal dance between virtue and vice.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Plum in the Golden Vase: Volume 3 - The Aphrodisiac

by David Tod Roy, Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng
$27.90
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ISBN: 9780691150185
Authors: David Tod Roy, Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date of Publication: 2011-07-25
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Literature, Classics, Asian Literature
Goodreads rating: 4.2
(rated by 76 readers)

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The third volume of a celebrated translation of the classic Chinese novel. This is the third volume in David Roy's celebrated translation of one of the most famous and important novels in Chinese literature. The Plum in the Golden Vase, or Chin P’ing Mei, is an anonymous sixteenth-century work 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. The novel, 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. Written during the second half of the sixteenth century and first published in 1618, The Plum in the Golden Vase is noted for its surprisingly modern technique. With the possible exception of The Tale of Genji and Don Quixote, there is no earlier work of prose fiction of equal sophistication in world literature. Although its importance in the history of Chinese narrative has long been recognized, the technical virtuosity of the author, which is more reminiscent of the Dickens of Bleak House, the Joyce of Ulysses, or the Nabokov of Lolita than anything in earlier Chinese fiction, has not yet received adequate recognition. This is partly because all of the existing European translations are either abridged or based on an inferior recension
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Erotic exploration in 16th-century Chinese merchant's life.

If you're intrigued by explorations of human desires and the intricacies of domestic life set against a rich historical canvas, "The Plum in the Golden Vase" may resonate with you. This volume offers a deep dive into the sensual and moral complexities of its time, revealing aspects of Chinese culture that still influence modern society. Its narrative is both scandalous and thought-provoking, which might just make you ponder the eternal dance between virtue and vice.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.