Tells the story of a white snake and a blue snake in the Chinese city of Hangzhou who disguise themselves as young ladies to see what it would be like to be human.
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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.
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Seller: Caspian Books, Tracy, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Song Nan Zhang (illustrator). Seller Inventory # 187814
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Song Nan Zhang (illustrator). Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G1572270721I5N01
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hardcover. Condition: New. Song Nan Zhang (illustrator). In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Seller Inventory # Q-1572270721