Mirage
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Author
Publication
2016 - New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The
Language
English
Word Count
142,500 words, Guess
Page Count
570 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139789629966621
- ISBN-10962996662X
- AmazonB00WCY51DS
- Library of Congress Control Number2015024014
- Better World Books9789629966621
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL28576770M
Classifications
- LCCPL2735.L55S4513 2016
- LCCPL2735.L55 S4513 2016
Description
The young son of the Chinese traders' association head, who dealt with foreign merchants in the port of Guangzhou, is suddenly burdened with the responsibility of his powerful family. A latter-day Baoyu, but with far stronger sexual impulses, this son must learn to tame his libido while conducting himself prudently in Guangzhou society. This little-known novel, titled Shenlou zhi, is translated here for the first time. Published in 1804, it is the earliest novel to deal with the opium trade and is closely connected to events that occurred in Guangzhou and Huizhou just before its publication: the arrival of a new superintendent of customs in Guangzhou and the outbreak of rebellion in Huizhou. This strikingly original work advances the culture of adolescence first depicted in Honglou meng and showcases, in its account of the rebellion, the romantic conventions of Shuihu zhuan.
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