Lady White Snake: A Tale from Chinese Opera: Bilingual - Traditional Chinese and English - Softcover

Shepard, Aaron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572271280 ISBN 13: 9781572271289

Publisher: Pan Asian Publications (U S A), Incorporated, 2016

Synopsis

Lady White is a thousand-year-old snake who, through centuries of meditation and self-discipline, has managed to attain human form. On a visit to China's famous West Lake, she falls in love with a young man and soon becomes his wife. But when a Buddhist abbot discovers her true origin, she must fight for both her marriage and her freedom. From one of the most popular of Chinese operas comes this tale of love and courage in the face of blind intolerance. Accompanied by illustrations depicting traditional costumes and staging, this retelling brings to life a timeless legend and a classic art form.Bilingual Book - English text and Traditional Chinese Characters on the same page.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

What fate awaits a thousand-year-old white snake that travels from its sacred mountain to the human world, only to fall in love with a mortal? Such is the unusual beginning of this tragic love story, one of the most popular in all of Chinese opera. Lady White's selfless devotion to her earthly husband is considered by the temple priest an abomination. In a spectacular struggle to stay with her husband, our heroine prevails in the end. However, time is sadly not on her side.

About the Author:

Aaron Shepard is the award-winning author of "The Baker's Dozen," "The Sea King's Daughter," "The Adventures of Mouse Deer," and many more children's books. His stories have appeared often in Cricket magazine, while his Web site is known internationally as a prime resource for folktales, storytelling, and reader's theater.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pan Asian Publications (U S A), Incorporated
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1572271280
• ISBN 13: 9781572271289
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 38
• Illustrator: Zhang Song Nan