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Item Information       More Content     More by this author     Curry, Alexandra Gambrill.     Subjects     Saijinhua, 1874-1936 -- Fiction.     Courtesans -- Fiction.     Brothels -- Fiction.     Orphans -- Fiction.     Girls -- China -- Fiction.     China -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Curry, Alexandra Gambrill.       by title:      The courtesan : a no...       by call number:      FICTION CUR     Search the Web     Curry, Alexandra Gambrill.     Saijinhua, 1874-1936 -- Fiction.     Courtesans -- Fiction.     Brothels -- Fiction.     Orphans -- Fiction.     Girls -- China -- Fiction.     China -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.       MARC Display

The courtesan : a novel / Alexandra Curry. by Curry, Alexandra Gambrill. Penguin, c2015. Call #: FICTION CUR Subjects Saijinhua, 1874-1936 -- Fiction.   Courtesans -- Fiction.   Brothels -- Fiction.   Orphans -- Fiction.   Girls -- China -- Fiction.   China -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction. ISBN:  9780143197591 (trade pbk.) Description:  xi, 378 p. ; 28 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references. Summary:  An astonishing debut novel inspired by the life of the legendary Qing dynasty courtesan, Sai Jinhua. The year is 1881, the era of China's humiliation at the hands of imperialist Europe. Seven-year-old Jinhua is left alone and unprotected, her life transformed after her mandarin father's summary execution for the crime of speaking the truth. As an orphan, she endures the brutal logic of a brothel-keeper, who puts her to work as a so-called money tree, and she survives the worst of human nature with the friendship and wisdom of the crippled brothel maid. Genre:  Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. First novel. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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