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Peach Blossom Pavilion is the story about the last Chinesepoet-musician courtesan, or Geisha. Chinese geisha culture existed2500 years ago and reached its fullest development about fourhundred years ago. (While the geisha tradition continues in Japan,the remarkable Chinese courtesan culture has passed into history.)Peach Blossom Pavilion is about these elegant, artistic courtesansand the fascinating culture that they represented. The protagonist,Precious Orchid, had many adventures both inside and outside theprostitution house, Peach Blossom pavilion. After her father wasexecuted for a crime he did not commit, Precious Orchid's mother istricked into leaving her in a high-class house of prostitutionwhere she has a traumatic initiation in the ways of her malecustomers. Yet Precious Orchid is able to find ways to mitigate hermisery through art and music, taught by her "sister" Pearl. Through all this she plots her escape, only to find herself inthe "bitter sea." Her adventures include practing sex magic with a
"The third and fourth novel in John Updike's acclaimed quartetof Rabbit books-now in one marvelous volume."RABBIT IS RICHWinnerof the American Book Award andthe National Book Critics CircleAward "Dazzlingly reaffirms Updike's place as master chronicler ofthe spiritual maladies and very earthly pleasure of theMiddle-American male."-"Vogue ""A splendid achievement "-"The NewYork Times "RABBIT AT RESTWinner of the Pulitzer Prize andtheNational Book Critics Circle Award "Brilliant . . . It must beread. It is the best novel about America to come out of America fora very, very long time."-"The Washington Post Book World" "Powerful. . . John Updike with his precision's prose and his intimatelyattentive yet cold eye is a master."-"The New York Times BookReview"
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