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发表于2024-12-24
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“I finally understand what the poets have written. In spring, moved to passion; in autumn only regret.”
For young Peony, 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, amid the scent of ginger, green tea, and jasmine, a small theatrical troupe is performing scenes from this epic opera, a live spectacle few females have ever seen. Like the heroine in the drama, Peony is the cloistered daughter of a wealthy family, trapped like a good-luck cricket in a bamboo-and-lacquer cage. Though raised to be obedient, Peony has dreams of her own.
Peony’s mother is against her daughter’s attending the production: “Unmarried girls should not be seen in public.” But Peony’s father assures his wife that proprieties will be maintained, and that the women will watch the opera from behind a screen. Yet through its cracks, Peony catches sight of an elegant, handsome man with hair as black as a cave–and is immediately overcome with emotion.
So begins Peony’s unforgettable journey of love and destiny, desire and sorrow–as Lisa See’s haunting new novel, based on actual historical events, takes readers back to seventeenth-century China, after the Manchus seize power and the Ming dynasty is crushed.
Steeped in traditions and ritual, this story brings to life another time and place–even the intricate realm of the afterworld, with its protocols, pathways, and stages of existence, a vividly imagined place where one’s soul is divided into three, ancestors offer guidance, misdeeds are punished, and hungry ghosts wander the earth. Immersed in the richness and magic of the Chinese vision of the afterlife, transcending even death, Peony in Love explores, beautifully, the many manifestations of love. Ultimately, Lisa See’s new novel addresses universal themes: the bonds of friendship, the power of words, and the age-old desire of women to be heard.
邝丽莎有中国血统,她又喜欢研究中国,小说大多以中国故事为主,取材《牡丹亭》不足为奇。中华文化博大精深。 大家不妨关注一下此书作者邝丽莎的一部新作,《上海女孩》。讲述一对上海姐妹的故事。原本家境富裕的珍珠和梅,在父亲破产后,为了还债,被嫁给一对美国兄弟。日军...
評分邝丽莎出生于巴黎,却在洛杉矶长大,拥有1/8的中国血统,高祖父是清末赴美修筑铁路的劳工。自小就对自己家族历史很感兴趣的丽莎,于1995年起出版了多部中国题材的小说和纪实类作品。譬如她的处女作《在金山上》就记录了自己中美融合的家族历经沧桑的百年历程,因此虽然她只有 ...
評分邝丽莎出生于巴黎,却在洛杉矶长大,拥有1/8的中国血统,高祖父是清末赴美修筑铁路的劳工。自小就对自己家族历史很感兴趣的丽莎,于1995年起出版了多部中国题材的小说和纪实类作品。譬如她的处女作《在金山上》就记录了自己中美融合的家族历经沧桑的百年历程,因此虽然她只有 ...
評分 評分邝丽莎出生于巴黎,却在洛杉矶长大,拥有1/8的中国血统,高祖父是清末赴美修筑铁路的劳工。自小就对自己家族历史很感兴趣的丽莎,于1995年起出版了多部中国题材的小说和纪实类作品。譬如她的处女作《在金山上》就记录了自己中美融合的家族历经沧桑的百年历程,因此虽然她只有 ...
Peony in Love pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024