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Ladataan... Empress Orchid (2004)Tekijä: Anchee Min
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Finales del siglo XIX. Envuelta en el marasmo de las ambiciones europeas, el arcaÃsmo de sus estructuras y la impotencia polÃtica, la dinastÃa Qing está viviendo sus últimos dÃas. Pero aún conserva todo su esplendor. Justamente en esos tiempos OrquÃdea, una bella joven de diecisiete años perteneciente a una familia aristocrática venida a menos, es escogida para convertirse en concubina del Emperador. OrquÃdea se introduce asà en la Ciudad Prohibida de PekÃn, un mundo de complejos rituales ancestrales que sugieren equilibrio y serenidad, pero tras los que se ocultan turbias intrigas que conducen a la traición y el asesinato. Todas las concubinas aspiran a ser la emperatriz, entre ellas OrquÃdea. La joven, con su belleza y talento innatos, llega a convertirse en maestra de la seducción y triunfa sobre sus rivales. Ya tiene el poder, pero es un poder sobre un paÃs que se desmorona: OrquÃdea será la última emperatriz de China. This book features the life life of Empress Orchid aka Empress Dowager Cixi, the last Empress of China. History has painted her poorly ... as a despot and villain. The author gives her a more favorable light in this book. Watching China fall was difficult to watch. I'm happy to learn some more of this time period, and about a person who I never get to hear her story. Still the book went on too long .... and I didn't particularly care for Empress Orchid (didn't hate her either). The book just plodded along and took some effort to get to the end. I would like to read a history of this Empress, and I would like to read a historical drama about this Empress. This book fell at what was, to me, an unsatisfying point between those too. It wasn't broad enough, and there wasn't enough historical context or detail, for it to hold my attention as a history. But the style was too minimalist and sparse to really draw me in on a character level.
Anchee Minh describes the life at Court in meticulous detail. She seems to take a few historic liberties in composing her novel, but she does manage to convey the very restrictive and isolated nature of imperial life in Beijing more than a century ago. There is good coverage of the Western penetration of China and of the unwillingness and inability of the Court to respond to this challenge. The novel is [also] very well written. Kuuluu näihin sarjoihinEmpress Orchid (Book 1) PalkinnotDistinctions
Fiction.
Literature.
Historical Fiction.
HTML: "A fascinating novel, similar to Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha . . . A revisionist portrait of a beautiful and strong-willed woman" (Houston Chronicle). Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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