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內容簡介: |
Yip Mann, an elderly spice farmer, should have known better
than to purchase a fifteen-year-old cherry-girl as his concubine,
especially one beautiful enough to be seen as Ch''ien Gum ?
comparable to a thousand pieces of gold. But surely he deserves
such a plaything to give him the last of his sons. To Yip Mann''s
dismay, the wilful concubine dies bearing him a worthless
girl-child. After her death he must make use of the girl as best he
can: by binding her feet in the forbidden practice of the Golden
Lotus, he can sell her for a higher price. But the daughter he
names Li X''ia - Beautiful One - has the fighting spirit of her
rebellious mother, escaping the crippling bandages: she knows her
feet will be her freedom. And when they lead her into the path of a
mysterious ''foreign devil'', Li X''ia takes the first steps on a new
and perilous journey ...
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關於作者: |
Pai Kit Fai is the adopted Chinese name given to the author by
his Eurasian family. Red Lotus is his first novel under this
name.
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