Peach Blossom Pavilion - Paperback

from wagner.sarah35

An entertaining novel set in early twentieth-century China. After a series of family misfortunes, the young Xiang Xiang finds herself in a brothel called Peach Blossom Pavilion, where she is trained to be a ming ji, a prestigious prostitute. Xiang Xiang's path is fraught with tragedy and betrayal...

from angela.vaughn

I really liked this book. I was not sure what I was getting into when I got this book, but I do love surprises. I liked how it started with her being the old woman and recounting her story to her granddaughter. It was very interesting how you can almost feel the disconnection she had with human e...

from michellegarrette

I really enjoyed this book. At first, I thought it was going to be a Chinese version of Memoirs of a Geisha, but it wasn't. The characters were fully developed and very surprising in their depth. Some of the characters were throwing out new surprises around page 380, and I love that, that's how r...

from lina_em

Peach Blossom Pavilion is a story about the last Chinese courtesan, ming ji. It's much like The Last Geisha. It is rich in details, beautiful in dialogue, and the story is dramatic to the point of being a soap opera. Interwoven into the multiple layered story are beautiful Chinese tales, songs, a...

from lina_em

Peach Blossom Pavilion is a story about the last Chinese courtesan, ming ji. It's much like The Last Geisha. It is rich in details, beautiful in dialogue, and the story is dramatic to the point of being a soap opera. Interwoven into the multiple layered story are beautiful Chinese tales, songs, a...