Peach Blossom Pavilion - Softcover

Mingmei Yip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0758220146 ISBN 13: 9780758220141

Publisher: Kensington Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date :2008-6-1 Pages: 421 Publisher: Hachette Peach Blossom Pavilion is the story about the last Chinesepoet-musician courtesan. or Geisha Chinese geisha culture existed2500 years ago and reached its fullest development about fourhundred years ago (.. While the geisha tradition continues in Japan. the remarkable Chinese courtesan culture has passed into history.) Peach Blossom Pavilion is about these elegant. artistic courtesansand the fascinating culture that they represented. The protagonist. Precious Orchid. had many adventures both inside and outside theprostitution house. Peach Blossom pavilion. After her father wasexecuted for a crime he did not commit. Precious Orchids mother istricked into leaving her in a high-class house of prostitutionwhere she has a traumatic initiation in the ways of her malecustomers. Yet Precious Orchid is able to find ways to m...

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Review:

‘Memoirs of a Geisha but with a sharper, more suspenseful pace’ Powell’s Books

‘A guilty pleasure...enjoy the exotic location and characters... This is a large, luscious box of chocolates’ RTBook (4 star review)

‘Beautifully written, readers will not be able to put this book down until the last page is turned’ Romance Review Today

Synopsis:

When Precious Orchid's father is falsely accused of a crime and found guilty, he is executed, leaving his family a legacy of dishonour. Her mother's only option is to enter a Buddhist nunnery, so she gives her daughter over to the care of her sister in Shanghai.At first, life at Peach Blossom Pavilion feels like a dream. Surrounded by exotic flowers, murmuring fountains, colourful fishponds, and bamboo groves, Precious Orchid sees herself thriving. She is schooled in music, literature, painting, calligraphy, and to her innocent surprise, the art of pleasuring men. For the beautiful Pavilion hides its darker purpose as an elite house of prostitution. And even as she commands the devotion of China's most powerful men, Precious Orchid never gives up on her dream to escape the Pavilion, be reunited with her mother, avenge her father's death, and find true love. And as the richest, most celebrated Ming Ji or "prestigious courtesan" in all of China, she just might have her way even if it comes with a devastating price...Sweeping in scope and stunning in its evocation of China, "Peach Blossom Pavilion" is a remarkable novel with an unforgettable heroine at the heart of its powerful story...

About this edition

• Publisher: Kensington Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0758220146
• ISBN 13: 9780758220141
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352