The Story of the Stone (Volume V): The Dreamer Wakes - Couverture souple

Xueqin, Cao

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 014044372X ISBN 13 : 9780140443721

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 1986

Synopsis

The Story of the Stone (c. 1760), also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber, is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The fifth part of Cao Xueqin's magnificent saga, The Dreamer Awakes, was carefully edited and completed by Gao E some decades later. It continues the story of the changing fortunes of the Jia dynasty, focussing on Bao-yu, now married to Bao-chai, after the tragic death of his beloved Dai-yu. Against such worldly elements as death, financial ruin, marriage, decadence and corruption, his karmic journey unfolds. Like a sleepwalker through life, Bao-yu is finally awakened by a vision, which reveals to him that life itself is merely a dream, 'as moonlight mirrored in the water'.

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À propos de l'auteur

Cao Xueqin (?1715-63) was born into a family which for three generations held the office of Commissioner of Imperial Textiles in Nanking, a family so wealthy they were able to entertain the Emperor four times. However, calamity overtook them and their property was consfiscated. Cao Xueqin was living in poverty when he wrote his famous novel The Story of the Stone.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 1986
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 014044372X
• ISBN 13: 9780140443721
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 5
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Éditeur: Gao E Gao
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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