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Peony in love : a novel / Lisa See.
Van Pelt Library PS3569.E3334 P46 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- See, Lisa.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lovesickness--Fiction.
- Lovesickness.
- Operas, Chinese--Fiction.
- Operas, Chinese.
- Future life--Fiction.
- Future life.
- History.
- China.
- Women--China--Fiction.
- Women.
- Opera--Fiction.
- Opera.
- China--History--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644--Fiction.
- Coming of age--Fiction.
- Ghosts--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Love stories.
- Historical fiction.
- Romance fiction.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 284 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Random House, [2007]
- Summary:
- In seventeenth-century China, three women become emotionally involved with "The Peony Pavilion," a famed opera rumored to cause lovesickness and even death.
- Contents:
- Pt. 1. In the Garden
- Ch. 1. Riding the Wind
- Ch. 2. Bamboo-and-Lacquer Cage
- Ch. 3. Desire
- Ch. 4. Spring Sickness in Summer
- Ch. 5. Soiled Shoes
- Ch. 6. Closing Doors, Opening Heart
- Ch. 7. Jade Shattering
- Pt. 2. Roaming with the Wind
- Ch. 8. The Separated Soul
- Ch. 9. The Viewing Terrace of Lost Souls
- Ch. 10. The Cataclysm
- Ch. 11. Red Palanquin
- Ch. 12. Clouds and Rain
- Ch. 13. Festival of Hungry Ghosts
- Ch. 14. Dreams of the Heart
- Ch. 15. The Good Wife
- Ch. 16. Jealousy-Curing Soup
- Ch. 17. The Blood-Gathering Lake
- Pt. 3. Under the Plum Tree
- Ch. 18. Exile
- Ch. 19. Mother Love
- Ch. 20. A Daughter's Fate
- Ch. 21. Pearls in My Heart
- Ch. 22. The Clouds Hall
- Ch. 23. The East Wind
- Ch. 24. Shimmering.
- Notes:
- Chinese American Librarians Association Annual Best Book Award - Adult fiction, Honorable Mention, 2008
- Other Format:
- Online version: See, Lisa. Peony in love.
- ISBN:
- 9780812975222
- 9781400064663
- 140006466X
- 0812975227
- OCLC:
- 78791347
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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