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The Story of the Stone: Golden Days Volume 1 by Cao, Xueqin

ISBN: 9780140442939 PUBLISHER: Penguin Classics FORMAT: Paperback PAGES: 400 PUBLICATION DATE: 13.12.1973 DIMENSIONS: 19.76 x 13.06 x 2.51 centimetres

DESCRIPTION: "The Story of the Stone" (c. 1760) is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The first part of the story, The Golden Days, begins the tale of Baoyu, a gentle young boy who prefers girls to Confucian studies, and his two cousins: Baochai, his parents' choice of a wife for him, and the ethereal beauty Daiyu. Through the changing fortunes of the Jia family, this rich, magical work sets worldly events love affairs, sibling rivalries, political intrigues, even murder within the context of the Buddhist understanding that earthly existence is an illusion and karma determines the shape of our lives.

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