description: Peony (or The Bondmaid) is set in the 1850s in the city of Kaifeng, in the province of Henan, which was historically a center for Chinese Jews. The novel follows Peony, a Chinese bondmaid of the prominent Jewish family of Ezra ben Israel's, and shows through her eyes how the Jewish community was regarded in Kaifeng at a time when most of the Jews had come to think of themselves as Chinese.
title: Peony
titlecomplete: Peony
genres: Asian Literature, Novels, Historical Fiction, China, Classics, Historical, Asia, Romance, Fiction, Literature
ratings_count: 7368
places: China, Kaifeng
publisher: Pocket Books (Cardinal C-388)