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Virgin Widows

  • Translated by: and
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 1996

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Virgin Widows is a poignant and disquieting novel that unfolds the stories of two women whose lives, despite being separated by nearly a century, reveal a disturbing similarity. First published in China in 1985, it appears now in English for the first time.

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    2 1983

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    3 The reign of the great Qing emperor Guangxu. Once again Love Goose Shoals at the base of Celestial Peak.

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    13 The year, 1908. The great Qing emperor Guangxu has died. Pu Yi, three-year-old heir to the throne, is carried into the throne room to be coronated as the last emperor of a line that has run continuously for more than two thousand years.

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    Translator’s Postscript

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824865481
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