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1375094Golden Lotushttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/golden-lotus/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/653526/693c69f4-6bea-4b1f-b179-7c7319200973.jpg?v=638335665698700000418580MXNTuttle PublishingInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>"The greatest novel of physical love which China has produced." --<em>Pearl S. Buck</em></strong></p><p>A saga of ruthless ambition, murder, and lust, <em>The Golden Lotus (Jin Ping Mei)</em> has been called the fifth Great Classical Novel in Chinese literature, joining the Four Great Classics: <em>Journey to the West, The Water Margin, Romance of the Three Kingdoms</em>, and <em>Dream of the Red Chamber</em> (also known as <em>The Story of the Stone</em>), and is recognized as one of the Four Masterworks of the Ming novel.</p><p><em>Golden Lotus</em> tells the story of Ximen Qing, a wealthy, unscrupulous merchant who takes the beautiful and ambitious widow Pan Jinlian as his fifth wife. Jinlian is not content to accept her position and schemes to dominate her husband and improve her standing in society by using sex as her weapon.</p><p>As the story unfolds, Ximen Qing embarks on a series sexual conquests and Pan Jinlian exploits her husbands lust, ultimately causing the downfall of the entire family. The storys dramatic climax vividly portrays the lengths to which ambitious people will go to gain influence. It also lays bare the rivalries within wealthy families of privilege while chronicling their rise and fall.</p><p>Iconic in China, <em>Golden Lotus</em> has been alternately banned and lauded for centuries, all the while still avidly read as a popular page-turner. This new Tuttle edition, now available in a single unabridged volume, includes a superb introduction by Robert Hegel of Washington University, who explains the books importance as the first novel in the Chinese tradition attributable to a single author.</p>...1363462Golden Lotus418580https://www.gandhi.com.mx/golden-lotus/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/653526/693c69f4-6bea-4b1f-b179-7c7319200973.jpg?v=638335665698700000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20239781462924141_W3siaWQiOiJhNTM3NTAyZS0yZjVlLTRiYWYtYWIyYi1lMDg5NzMzYjZjMDEiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjU5NywiZGlzY291bnQiOjE2Nywic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjo0MzAsImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDIzLTA4LTIyVDA0OjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9781462924141_<p><strong>"The greatest novel of physical love which China has produced." --<em>Pearl S. Buck</em></strong></p><p>A saga of ruthless ambition, murder, and lust, <em>The Golden Lotus (Jin Ping Mei)</em> has been called the fifth Great Classical Novel in Chinese literature, joining the Four Great Classics: <em>Journey to the West, The Water Margin, Romance of the Three Kingdoms</em>, and <em>Dream of the Red Chamber</em> (also known as <em>The Story of the Stone</em>), and is recognized as one of the Four Masterworks of the Ming novel.</p><p><em>Golden Lotus</em> tells the story of Ximen Qing, a wealthy, unscrupulous merchant who takes the beautiful and ambitious widow Pan Jinlian as his fifth wife. Jinlian is not content to accept her position and schemes to dominate her husband and improve her standing in society by using sex as her weapon.</p><p>As the story unfolds, Ximen Qing embarks on a series sexual conquests and Pan Jinlian exploits her husbands lust, ultimately causing the downfall of the entire family. The storys dramatic climax vividly portrays the lengths to which ambitious people will go to gain influence. It also lays bare the rivalries within wealthy families of privilege while chronicling their rise and fall.</p><p>Iconic in China, <em>Golden Lotus</em> has been alternately banned and lauded for centuries, all the while still avidly read as a popular page-turner. This new Tuttle edition, now available in a single unabridged volume, includes a superb introduction by Robert Hegel of Washington University, who explains the books importance as the first novel in the Chinese tradition attributable to a single author.</p>...9781462924141_Tuttle Publishing6234c96b-0d39-3f8a-a088-81b7eefe1e95_9781462924141;9781462924141_9781462924141Lanling XiaoxiaoInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingram50-epub-f64f08fb-3ee5-46e5-a7e0-a1850819e54b.epub2023-08-22T00:00:00+00:00Tuttle Publishing