Bibliograph

The moon opera, Bi Feiyu ; translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin

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The moon opera, Bi Feiyu ; translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The moon opera

Responsibility statement

Bi Feiyu ; translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin

Summary

In a fit of jealousy, Xiao Yanqiu, star of The Moon Opera, disfigures her understudy with boiling water. Spurned by the troupe, she turns to teaching. Twenty years later, a rich cigarette-factory boss offers to underwrite a restaging of the cursed opera, but only under the condition that Xiao Yanqui return to the role of Chang'e. So she does, this time ultimately believing she has become the immortal moon goddess

Target audience

adult

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