The Peony Pavilion - Softcover

Yen, Xiaoping

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ISBN 10: 0966542126 ISBN 13: 9780966542127

Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books, 1999

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A sixteen-year-old girl visits a forbidden garden and falls in love with her dream-lover and dies longing for him. After her death, her unflagging spirit continues to wait for her dream-lover. Does her lover really exist? Can a youthful love born of a garden dream ever blossom?

Based on a famous sixteen-century Chinese opera by Tang Xianzu, "the Shakespeare of China," the novel leads the reader into a mythical world of passion and romance. Its many fascinating characters include a failed scholar, a Taoist nun, a husband-wife rebel team, a dissolute emperor, and Tartar invaders from the North.

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From the Publisher:

Xiaoping Yen teaches composition and literature at City University of New York. From 1981 to 1989 he taught English at East China Normal University in Shanghai, China. He earned a Ph.D. degree from Syracuse University in 1994. With his China background and American experience, Dr. Yen has written a book that best keeps Tang Xianzu's spirit while making it more enjoyable for readers of a different culture.

About the Author:

Xiaoping Yen teaches literature and composition at City University of New York. From 1981 to 1989 he taught English at East China Normal University in Shanghai, China. He earned a Ph.D. degree from Syracuse University, New York, in 1994. He lives in Long Island with his wife and two daughters.

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