{"product_id":"the-red-chamber-paperback","title":"The Red Chamber - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePauline A. Chen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn eighteenth-century China, the beautiful orphan Daiyu leaves her home in the provinces to seek shelter with her mother's family in Beijing. At Rongguo Mansion, she is drawn into a world of sumptuous feasts, silken robes, and sparkling jewels--as well as a complex web of secret rivalries and intrigues that threatens to trap her at every turn. When she falls in love with Baoyu, the family's brilliant, unpredictable heir, she finds the forces of the family and convention arrayed against her, and must risk everything to follow her heart. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on the epic \u003ci\u003eDream of the Red Chamber--\u003c\/i\u003eone of the most famous love stories in Chinese literature--this novel recasts a timeless tale for Western audiences to discover.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePauline A. Chen earned her B.A. in classics from Harvard, her J.D. from Yale Law, and her Ph.D. in East Asian Studies from Princeton. She has taught Chinese language, literature, and film at the University of Minnesota and Oberlin College. She is also the author of the children's novel \u003ci\u003ePeiling and the Chicken-Fried Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 8 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42734067810367,"sku":"9780307946560","price":27.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/20cd94fef1739abe7169eb24381cfed5.webp?v=1765138533","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-red-chamber-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}