Red Rose, White Rose

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Red Rose, White Rose
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There were two women in Zhenbao's life: one he called his white rose, the other his red rose. One was a spotless wife, the other a passionate mistress. Isn't that just how the average man describe a chaste widow's devotion to her husband's memory - as spotless, and passionate too? Maybe every man has had two such women - at least two. Marry a red rose and eventually she'll be a mosquito-blood streak smeared on the wall, while the white one is 'moonlight in front of my bed'. Marry a white rose, and before long she'll be a grain of sticky rice that's gotten stuck to your clothes; the red one, by then, is a scarlet beauty mark just over your heart. In Eileen Chang's eloquent and evocative novella, Zhenbao is a devoted son, a diligent worker, and guarded in love. But when he meets a friend's spoilt, spirited, desirable wife, he cannot resist her charms, or keep their relationship under his control. As he succumbs to passions and resentments, "Red Rose, White Rose" is both sensual and restrained.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin books, limited
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780141196145
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin books, limited
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780141196145
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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