The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume One Condition:Very Good Jonathan Merritt knows this frustration

Jonathan Merritt knows this frustration well

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Grim though their stories are

De Assis weaves a powerful and ultimately tragic story of love and disillusionment

The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume One Condition:Very Good Jonathan Merritt knows this frustrationThe first volume of a celebrated translation of the classic Chinese novel. This is the first volume in David Roy's celebrated translation of one of the most famous and important novels in Chinese literature. The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin Ping Mei is an anonymous sixteenth century work that focuses on the domestic life of Hsi men Ching, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines.