Перл Бак — библиография

"Отец Андреа жил весь день ради ночных часов, когда он мог изучать звезды. Дни в его приходе в китайском городе были длинны и переполнены людьми: все что-то кричали, просили, жаловались, а ночи кратки и наполнены светом тихих мирных звезд, сиявших, как лампады на темно-лиловом небе..." Перл Бак, 1882-1973. Американская писательница. Провела значительную часть…

Peony (or The Bondmaid) is set in the 1850s in the city of Kaifeng, in the province of Henan, which was historically a center for Chinese Jews. The novel follows Peony, a Chinese bondmaid of the prominent Jewish family of Ezra ben Israel's, and shows through her eyes how the Jewish community was regarded in Kaifeng at a time when most of the Jews had come to think…

Tzu Hsi is the story of the last Empress in China, born into one of the lowly ranks of the Imperial dynasty. According to custom, she moved to the Forbidden City at the age of seventeen to become one of hundreds of concubines. But her singular beauty and powers of manipulation quickly moved her into the position of Second Consort. Tzu Hsi is feared and hated by many…