04030cam a2200865 4500 597798813 TxAuBib 20220731120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781681374710 1681374714 B08478196V Amazon e8ed678f-c489-4c58-873e-8f965532a1de OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5243210 OverDrive (Product ID) 645932 645932 645932 TxAuBib Fei, Ge. Peach Blossom Paradise [Libby eBook]. New York Review Books, 2020. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1100kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. historical fiction novels. books historical fiction. historical fiction books. Historical Fiction. historical novels. dystopian fiction. Alternate History. political science. literary fiction. dystopian books. political books. Science Fiction. Short Stories. books fiction. fiction books. 20th Century. translation. Capitalism. Historical. philosophy. Revolution. Political. dystopian. Socialism. Economics. politics. dystopia. Election. romance. society. Fiction. classic. russian. fantasy. culture. satire. Modern. novels. school. War. HTML:An enthralling story of revolution, idealism, and a savage struggle for utopia by one of China's greatest living novelists. In 1898 reformist intellectuals in China persuaded the young emperor that it was time to transform his sclerotic empire into a prosperous modern state. The Hundred Days’ Reform that followed was a moment of unprecedented change and extraordinary hope—brought to an abrupt end by a bloody military coup. Dashed expectations would contribute to the revolutionary turn that Chinese history would soon take, leading in time to the deaths of millions. Peach Blossom Paradise, set at the time of the reform, is the story of Xiumi, the daughter of a wealthy landowner and former government official who falls prey to insanity and disappears. Days later, a man with a gold cicada in his pocket turns up at his estate and is inexplicably welcomed as a relative. This mysterious man has a great vision of reforging China as an egalitarian utopia, and he will stop at nothing to make it real. It is his own plans, however, which come to nothing, and his “little sister” Xiumi is left to take up arms against a Confucian world in which women are chattel. Her campaign for change and her struggle to seize control over her own body are continually threatened by the violent whims of men who claim to be building paradise. Historical Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. National Book Award Finalist. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-30 20:00:03. Morse, Canaan. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e8ed678f-c489-4c58-873e-8f965532a1de&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e8ed678f-c489-4c58-873e-8f965532a1de&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e8ed678f-c489-4c58-873e-8f965532a1de&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)