The debut novel of one of China's rising young literary talents - a gem of a book that takes a piercing look into the world of Chinese opera and its female stars
In a fit of diva jealousy, Xiao Yanqiu, star of 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 on the condition that Xiao Yanqiu return to the role of Chang'e. So she does, this time believing she has fully become the immortal moon goddess.
Set against the drama, intrigue, jealousy, retribution, and redemption of backstage Peking opera, Moon Opera is a stunning portrait of women in a world that simultaneously reveres and restricts them. Bi Feiyu, one of China's young literary stars, re-creates all the temptations and triumphs of the stage the world over in this gem of a novel.
In a fit of diva jealousy, Xiao Yanqiu, star of 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 on the condition that Xiao Yanqiu return to the role of Chang'e. So she does, this time believing she has fully become the immortal moon goddess.
Set against the drama, intrigue, jealousy, retribution, and redemption of backstage Peking opera, Moon Opera is a stunning portrait of women in a world that simultaneously reveres and restricts them. Bi Feiyu, one of China's young literary stars, re-creates all the temptations and triumphs of the stage the world over in this gem of a novel.
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Hardback Editions
January 2009 : Hardback
| Title: The Moon Opera Author(s): Bi Feiyu; Translator-Howard Goldblatt; Translator-Sylvia Li-chun Lin Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Availability: Amazon More details... |
January 2009 : Hardback
| Title: The Moon Opera Author(s): Bi Feiyu ISBN: 0-15-101294-6 / 978-0-15-101294-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2007 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
September 2011 : Paperback
| Title: The Moon Opera Author(s): Feiyu Bi/ Goldblatt Howard (TRN)/ Lin Sylvia Li-Chun (TRN) ISBN: 0-547-24982-9 / 978-0-547-24982-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
November 2007 : Paperback
| Title: The Moon Opera Author(s): Bi Feiyu ISBN: 1-84659-022-1 / 9781846590221 (UK edition) Publisher: Telegram Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
January 2009 : Kindle edition
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