Butterfly Lovers: A Tale of the Chinese Romeo and Juliet - Softcover

Dai, Fan

 
9780966542141: Butterfly Lovers: A Tale of the Chinese Romeo and Juliet
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0966542142 ISBN 13: 9780966542141
Publisher: ebrandedbooks.com,US, 2000

Synopsis

Based on the Chinese folk tale 'Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai', this romantic tragedy portrays 'Romeo and Juliet' from a distinctly Chinese angle, with its two star-crossed lovers facing the obstacle of a class-based arranged marriage and the archaic idea that 'a virtuous woman is one without any talent.' Their fateful convergence begins as the heroine, Yingtai, escapes from her imprisonment in a home where she is not valued and disguises herself as a man, only to fall passionately in love with Shanbo, the poor young scholar she comes to live and study with while she is in disguise. Yingtai's family is not at war with Shanbo's; rather, it does not recognise its existence. Traversing class and gender expectations, Yingtai and Shanbo spiral toward the inevitable consequences of a life so much at odds with tradition.

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About the Author

Dai-Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics, Darmstadt, Germany.

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Publisher
ebrandedbooks.com,US
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0966542142
ISBN 13 
9780966542141
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
251

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9787884091461: Butterfly Lovers DVD(Chinese Edition)

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ISBN 10:  7884091461 ISBN 13:  9787884091461
Publisher: Jiangsu Cultural Audiovisual Pub..., 2000
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