Red Peonies: Two Novellas of China

by Zhang Yihe

Red Peonies: Two Novellas of China is the first translation in English of two of the books written by Zhang Yihe about women she met and befriended in prison. The subjects of her stories have been described as "beautiful women who wielded magic power over men. They were like jealous evil spirits, vengeful treacherous persons--countless snakes coiled around other people."

Zhang Yihe was fifteen in 1957, the year her father was declared an...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824872878
• ISBN13: 9780824872878
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"