The Courtesan: a novel
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New York : Dutton, Penguin Group USA, [2015].
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xi, 378 pages ; 24 cm
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The year is 1881, the era of China's humiliation at the hands of imperialist Europe. Seven-year-old Jinhua is left alone and unprotected, her life transformed after her mandarin father's summary execution for the crime of speaking the truth. As an orphan, she endures the brutal logic of a brothel-keeper, who puts her to work as a so-called money tree, and she survives the worst of human nature with the friendship and wisdom of the crippled brothel maid. When an elegant but troubled scholar takes Jinhua as his concubine, she leaves both the trauma of brothel life and the comfort of friendship behind and encounters for the first time the tantalizing and elusive notion of 'Great Love.' She travels with her emissary husband to Europe and discovers there the mesmerizing strangeness, irresistible sensualities, and exotic possibilities of fin de siècle Vienna, while struggling against the constraints of tradition and her husband's wishes. Sai Jinhua is an altered woman when she returns to a changed and changing China, where a terrible clash of East and West is brewing, and where her western sympathies will ultimately threaten not only her own survival but the survival of those who are most dear to her. The Courtesan is a timeless tale of friendship and sacrifice, temptation and redemption; the story of a woman's journey to discern what is real and abiding, and a book that shines a small light on the large history of China's relations with the West.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Curry, A. (2015). The Courtesan: a novel. New York, Dutton, Penguin Group USA.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Curry, Alexandra. 2015. The Courtesan: A Novel. New York, Dutton, Penguin Group USA.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Curry, Alexandra, The Courtesan: A Novel. New York, Dutton, Penguin Group USA, 2015.
MLA Citation (style guide)Curry, Alexandra. The Courtesan: A Novel. New York, Dutton, Penguin Group USA, 2015.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9780525955139 (hc)
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-378).