{"product_id":"the-plum-in-the-golden-david-tod-roy-9780691169835","title":"The Plum in the Golden Vase Or, Chin P'Ing Mei, Volume Five: The Dissolution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe fifth and final volume of a celebrated translation of the classic Chinese novel\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the fifth and final volume in David Roy's celebrated translation of one of the most famous and important novels in Chinese literature. \u003ci\u003eThe Plum in the Golden Vase\u003c\/i\u003e or, \u003ci\u003eChin P'ing Mei\u003c\/i\u003e is an anonymous sixteenth-century work that focuses on the domestic life of Hsi-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. The novel, known primarily for its erotic realism, is also a landmark in the development of the narrative art form--not only from a specifically Chinese perspective but in a world-historical context. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis complete and annotated translation aims to faithfully represent and elucidate all the rhetorical features of the original in its most authentic form and thereby enable the Western reader to appreciate this Chinese masterpiece at its true worth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Tod Roy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691169837\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691169835\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.40d","brand":"David Tod Roy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925624684799,"sku":"9780691169835","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_47f2b5d8-377f-464c-a522-f6f4e365ca20.jpg?v=1681078378","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-plum-in-the-golden-david-tod-roy-9780691169835","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}