K: The Art of Love - Softcover

Hong Ying

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0714530727 ISBN 13: 9780714530727

Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

Set in 1930s China, this is a true but tragic tale of romance, sexual desire, and untimely death. Beautiful, intelligent, and schooled in the Daoist arts of love, Lin is married to a provincial university professor. Julian Bell, son of Vanessa Bell, and darling of the Bloomsbury set, has arrived in China, hungry for experience. Their mutual attraction leads to a passionate phy-sical and spiritual sojourn in Beijing. Unable to realize their love in a society divided by cultural conflict and the threat of war, they eventually part: Julian to fight for the Loyalists in Spain and Lin to contemplate suicide in her husband’s house.

About this title

About the Author:

Hong Ying was born in Chingqing in 1962 into a boat sailor's family. She was the sixth child in a family of eight, and endured great poverty and hunger as a child during the Great Famine and the Cultural Revolution.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Chinese

About this edition

• Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0714530727
• ISBN 13: 9780714530727
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 262