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27%OFFDavid Roy - The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P´ing Mei, Volume Four: The Climax - 9780691169828 - 9780691169828
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The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P´ing Mei, Volume Four: The Climax

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Description for The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P´ing Mei, Volume Four: The Climax Paperback. Series: Princeton Library of Asian Translations. Num Pages: 1032 pages, 40 line illus. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1424.
This is the fourth and penultimate 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. This complete ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Library of Asian Translations
Number of Pages
1032
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691169828
SKU
9780691169828
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About David Roy
David Tod Roy (1933-2016) was professor emeritus of Chinese literature at the University of Chicago. His monumental five-volume translation of the Chin P'ing Mei was completed in 2013.

Reviews for The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P´ing Mei, Volume Four: The Climax
[A] book of manners for the debauched. Its readers in the late Ming period likely hid it under their bedcovers.
Amy Tan, New York Times Book Review Praise for the previous volumes: [I]t is time to remind ourselves that The Plum in the Golden Vase is not just about sex, whether the numerous descriptions of sexual acts throughout the ... Read more

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