by Lilian Lee · J'ai Lu · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782277236337
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«Adieu ma concubine» is the novel by Lilian Lee, published by J'ai Lu in paperback (312 pages, in French).
The novel follows Dieyi and Xiaolou, two childhood friends and fellow performers at the Peking Opera, and the courtesan Juxian, from the 1920s to the 1970s. Love, ambition and jealousy intersect with decades of political upheaval: the bonds between the characters become tinged with deceit and betrayal in a story about identity and theatre.
In this edition, the French translation is by Geneviève Imbot-Bichet; 312 pages, published in 1994.
For fans of fiction about 20th-century China and opera; the film by Chen Kaige, starring Gong Li, won the Palme d'Or in 1993.
