Dream of Red Mansions
Publisher: China Books & Periodicals
Published: May 1978
Language: eng; chi
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 710
ISBN-13: 9787119015477
Subjects: 16th to 18th century fiction; Literary studies: general; Chinese; Literature: Classics
Description: A great novel of manners in Chinese literature, this novel charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family. This novel re-creates the ritualized hurly-burly of Chinese family life that would otherwise be lost and infuses it with affirming Buddhist belief.