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The Dream of the Red Chamber
by Tsao Hsueh-Chin
I believe this is a shortened version of what the volumes of the penguin classics version is. I see a lot of people being upset that the names are hard to follow but that’s just part of the book. It’s a long extending story that has every character with their own family history as well as extensions. The way things are connected is a spiderweb.
It talks about bigger themes of fate and life while focusing on small everyday occurrences. Also the fact that it was written 300 years ago gives a good insight into how things were perceived back then and the social relationships between everyone. I think this book definitely is better in Chinese, the language does not translate over well. Eventually that’s the goal
It talks about bigger themes of fate and life while focusing on small everyday occurrences. Also the fact that it was written 300 years ago gives a good insight into how things were perceived back then and the social relationships between everyone. I think this book definitely is better in Chinese, the language does not translate over well. Eventually that’s the goal