Why This Book
I found it sitting on a bookshelf in my condo's laundry room. I read the jacket description, which sounded like a beautiful tale of love, emotions and a little bit of history. I brought it home with me that afternoon, knowing it would come in handy. And when I finished up a few ARCs, I needed a different kind of book; I saw this on my own shelf, which reminded me it was time to try something a few years old. I picked it up and began reading last week. It took longer than usual, but I'll explain why later.
Overview of Story
The Peony Pavilion is a play that the character of Peony has read many times. When her father, of some wealth in 17th century China, puts on a showing of the famous play on his estate, 15year old Peony is excited. But it's when she sees a boy for the first time, she cannot control her thoughts. Unfortunately, she's already paired off in an arranged marriage with a boy from another family, as well as the fact that as a girl, she's not even allowed to be seen with any males other than those in her own family.
The book follows the story line of the play, which seems to be spilling over into Peony's life. When she begins unknowingly starving herself, Peony dies and enters the afterworld on her own. She's unprepared to deal with the consequences and is remorseful that she never found love. She soon sees the boy she fell in love with in a dream, learning he was the man her father had arranged in the marriage. She longs for him but cannot have him, as she is dead and he is very much alive.
Soon, her family members begin dying and join her in the afterworld. The boy moves on and gets married. Peony inserts herself to their life from the great beyond, leading to unfortunate circumstances for all involved. As she meanders her journey, Peony learns what is needed for her to move beyond the "waiting place" and into her new existence as no longer alive.
Approach Style
1. The book is centered around a play within the book which mirrors the main character's life. At times, it's a little difficult to tell which is real life and which is the play.
2. The language is very ethereal, flowery and imaginative. This is less about plot and about the beauty of Chinese beliefs about what women are allowed to do, what happens in death, and how to live one's life.
Strengths
1. The love story is a strong one. You see and feel the poetry in the words and the relationships.
2. It's very descriptive of life in a warrior state in 17th century China. I learned a lot of history that I wasn't privy to beforehand.
3. You see everything thru Peony's eyes, which helps create a very strong world and point of view.
Open Questions Concerns
I am shocked at what Chinese women were put thru between the sacrifices women made for men, the binding of feet and the cultural expectations and limitations. It was very upsetting. I understand these were customs for hundreds of years, with deeprooted beliefs some are just awful from today's standards. Even awful back then.
Author Other Similar Books
This is the first book about Chinese customs and history that I've read. I'm not sure what I could compare it to. perhaps Memoirs of a Geisha, although it's a different country and belief system.
Final Thoughts
This was a very tough read. I started it ten days ago and read 20 pages. I tried a few times, but couldn't get into it. I forced myself to read 150 pages last night and then the remaining 100 today. It got better, but it wasn't a positive read for me; however, I recognize the beauty in the story, characters, imagery and setting. It's one of those books where I didn't like it a lot, but I know it's a good book.
I wish I had knowledge of Chinese history and customs. Unfortunately, much of what happens in the book and how it's described went over my head. I didn't agree with how people felt or were treated. I didn't know why there was so much of a belief in ghosts with a vengeance. I couldn't get into religious and spiritual connections that were unfamiliar. And when I was getting close, I felt angry over how awfully these women were treated.
That said, I believe I would have liked this a lot if I had a stronger background in the topics. The writing is good. The story is pretty. It's just a weak connection for me because I was unfamiliar with the core practices, history and belief systems. But for the right reader, it will probably be a good 3 to 4 rated book. For me, it was about a 2.5, and I rounded up to a 3 to be fair.
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[polldaddy poll=9719251] Lisa See took a significant period during Chinese history about women writers at the end of the Ming dynasty to "capture the spirit of their story" in this eloquent fictional account. Not a romance, but a love story with a twist. Part 1 was okay, but it lagged a little for me; however, Part 2 really picked up when Peony continues to tell her story, but as a "hungry ghost". I found See's extensive research into Chinese life, culture, traditions and customs extremely fascinating, especially in regards to funerary rites and afterlife beliefs. I felt sympathetic towards several characters, especially the protagonist, Peony and her plight. Once again, I learned a lot about China and its captivating history through this author's writing! A mustread for Lisa See fans!
“"When people are alive they love, when they die, they keep loving. If love ends when a person dies, that is not real love"
I have a confession to make. I bought this book not by choice but by mere economic benefit. The paperback (the brand new one still wrapped in cellophane) was on sale and I bought it for a very fairly cheap price. Guess how much. One U.S. dollar, can you believe that!!??
I was elated to discover that this is a historical novel as I made a recent promise to myself to increase my historical fiction reads. I dove right into the book and read every page as fast as I possibly could despite the challenge of going through realistic historical events set in 17th century China that kept threatening to put me to sleep. Luckily, I upped my dose of caffeine, so I was able to finish the book in less than two days. Yay!
This is mainly a love story or rather a story of lovesickness and in the point of view of a practical, modern woman, it would be the most foolish thing to starve yourself because of love and yes I am one of those women. Had it ended in that tragic death, I would say it would be just an overused lovesick tragic tale.
But it didn’t end there! The latter half of the story which I found very hauntingly fantastic presents the MC’s journey in the afterlife as her love for her one and only man transcends even death.
But far better than the story itself, I felt a greater pull toward the imaginative, vivid, and evocative writing of the author and the way she perfectly depicted ancient Chinese cultures and rituals on courtship, marriage and death and I found myself captivated.
Even though, I wasn’t a huge fan of the story, I highly commend {sitelink}Lisa See for the brilliant artist that she is by writing this priceless artifact of a novel.
I'm sure I wrote a review for this book too, at one point. I have no idea where it's hanging out!
I liked this and I still remember it but I'm generally not a huge fan of books dealing with the afterlife. but this was done really well. It's not a STRONG 5 star read but it's close IMO. you certainly learn about another aspect of this culture.
4.5 rating round up to 5 stars
Set in 17thcentury China, See’s fifth novel is a comingofage story, a ghost story, a family saga and a work of musical and social history. As Peony, the 15yearold daughter of the wealthy Chen family, approaches an arranged marriage, she commits an unthinkable breach of etiquette when she accidentally comes upon a man who has entered the family garden. Unusually for a girl of her time, Peony has been educated and revels in studying The Peony Pavilion, a real opera published in 1598, as the repercussions of the meeting unfold. The novel’s plot mirrors that of the opera, and eternal themes abound: an intelligent girl chafing against the restrictions of expected behavior; fiction’s educative powers; the rocky path of love between lovers and in families. It figures into the plot that generations of young Chinese women, known as the lovesick maidens, became obsessed with The Peony Pavilion, and, in a Wertherlike passion, many starved themselves to death. See (Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, etc.) offers meticulous depiction of women’s roles in Qing and Ming dynasty China (including horrifying footbinding scenes) and vivid descriptions of daily Qing life, festivals and rituals. Peony’s vibrant voice, perfectly pitched between the novel’s historical and passionate depths, carries her story beautifully—in life and afterlife.)
I must say that I loved the first Lisa See novel that I read (Snow Flower and the Secret Fan) and had high hopes for this one, and was severely disappointed. It just rambled on and on (SPOILER) even after the main character dies. Uggh. After the beautiful writing of “Snow Flower”, it was hard to read this– it was simply missing too much in terms of explanations, background details, character development, and tying together really choppy scenes, that it felt amateurish, trite and unmoving.
This book is amazing!!! It is beautifully written (lovely descriptions and intricate details), well researched, and unbelievably touching. There were moments where I feel I can't read any because I am so overwhelmed with emotion, but I can never put the book down for any real length of time. I have become completely engrossed. The summary of the book is a little misleading. It describes the book as a love story. I do not find it to be one. Peony in Love is a romantic and tragic story. Love plays a big part, but not necessarily in the way I expected it to. More important in this book are the facts. 1)The traditions and beliefs practiced in the book were actually the beliefs and practices of the time, and some are really bizarre to me! 2)A woman's place in the society of that age. It's fascinating to see the differences from then to now, and also to realize that while there are differences, there are also many similarities today in women's oppression and sensoring as there were then. 3)The women in the story were real women, as was Wu Ren. Their comments on the play The Peony Pavilion are real and were compiled into a book: Wu Wushan’s Three Wives’ Collaborative Commentary of The Peony Pavilion. I don't want to give too much away. Please read it for yourself. One way or another you will be touched. It is a truly amazing read! ♱ Peony in Love ♅ “I finally understand what the poets have written. In spring, moved to passion; in autumn only regret.”
For young Peony, betrothed to a suitor she has never met, these lyrics from The Peony Pavilion mirror her own longings. In the garden of the Chen Family Villa, amid the scent of ginger, green tea, and jasmine, a small theatrical troupe is performing scenes from this epic opera, a live spectacle few females have ever seen. Like the heroine in the drama, Peony is the cloistered daughter of a wealthy family, trapped like a good-luck cricket in a bamboo-and-lacquer cage. Though raised to be obedient, Peony has dreams of her own.
Peony’s mother is against her daughter’s attending the production: “Unmarried girls should not be seen in public.” But Peony’s father assures his wife that proprieties will be maintained, and that the women will watch the opera from behind a screen. Yet through its cracks, Peony catches sight of an elegant, handsome man with hair as black as a cave–and is immediately overcome with emotion.
So begins Peony’s unforgettable journey of love and destiny, desire and sorrow–as Lisa See’s haunting new novel, based on actual historical events, takes readers back to seventeenth-century China, after the Manchus seize power and the Ming dynasty is crushed.
Steeped in traditions and ritual, this story brings to life another time and place–even the intricate realm of the afterworld, with its protocols, pathways, and stages of existence, a vividly imagined place where one’s soul is divided into three, ancestors offer guidance, misdeeds are punished, and hungry ghosts wander the earth. Immersed in the richness and magic of the Chinese vision of the afterlife, transcending even death, Peony in Love explores, beautifully, the many manifestations of love. Ultimately, Lisa See’s new novel addresses universal themes: the bonds of friendship, the power of words, and the age-old desire of women to be heard. The Gaza Kitchen moved to passion; in autumn only regret.”
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بعدَ أن انتهيت من قراءة هذه الرواية ، لا أعرف كيف أشعر ،
ولا كيف أشرح أحداثها ولا حتى كيف أصيغ عبارات هذه المراجعة..
مع التركيز على الأخيرة !
منحت الرواية خمس نجمات
(أربع للكاتبة والقصة والفكرة ككل و أوبرا حديقة الفاوانيا ونجمة للترجمة الجميلة جداً و المثالية والخالية من الأخطاء )
تدور هذه الرواية في الصين وفي زمن لم يسمح فيه للنساء بالخروج من المنازل حيث هنَّ حبيسات الغرف الداخلية ، ولا يشاركن بأي شكل في الحياة العامة ،ولا يجب أن يتحدث أحد عن إنجازات إمراة أو يحتفل بها.
إنها عن مجتمع إمتلأ بالخوف من الفن فقط لأن ( الحياة تقلد الفن ).
إنه مجتمع امتلأ بالظلم تجاه المراة في كل شيء ، حيث تنشيء العائلات الفتيات للزواج فقط ، والفتيات من الطبقة الغنية والراقية فقط هن من يحصلن على فرص أفضل في الزواج وذلك لأن عائلاتهن غنية ولأنهن ( مربوطات القدمين ربط القدمين هو أكثر الأدلة على أن هذه الفتاة من عائلة غنية ومن الطبقة الراقية )
مجتمع لا يعترف بالمرأة ولا بحقوقها وأن لها رأياً وكيانا مستقلا. يعاملها معاملة الجمادات في أحيان كثيرة كانت تباع وتشترى وكان الملح أعلى ثمنا منها.
وبالنسبة لمعظمهم فإن المرأة الجاهلة وحدها هي من تعتبر إمراة صالحة !
قد لا تكون الفكرة بهذه السهولة التي أعرضها في مراجعتي..
وقعت أحداث هذه الرواية خلال حكم المانشو للصين
( كان المانشو شعبا يختلف كثيراً عن الصينين ولم يمارسوا عادة ربط الأقدام مثلا كانت أسرة «مينج» تحكم الصين حتى عام 1644، وبعدها أصبح حكم الصين لأسرة المانشو، حكمت أسرة المانشو من عام 1645 حتى عام 1911، أى أكثر من قرنين ونصف القرن.. من منتصف القرن السابع عشر وحتى قبيل الحرب العالمية الأولى.. وهى مدة طويلة وعصيبة فى آن. ) ، وهي فترة (قبل حكم المانشو وخلاله ) سادت فيها قيم مجتمعية جديدة وبعض الإنفتاح الثقافي والحريات حيث نشرت بعض النساء كتاباتهن ، ولكنها لم تطل فسوف ينغلق المجتمع نفسه من جديد و تعاد النساء إلى غرفهن الداخلية وهذه المرة إلى الأبد "تقريبا" حتى عام 1912 حينَ سقطت الأمبراطورية الصينية.
أكثر ما يعبر عن هذه الرواية أتى على لسان البطلة هنا :
"بدأت أستعيد قوتي واستجمع تصميمي وعزمي وتذكرت مجدداً أن هدفي ، ككل النساء والفتيات ، هو أن أجعل صوتي مسموعاً. "
هذه البطلة تبحث عن صوتها في إطار قصة طويلة ، تبحث عن تقرير مصيرها تكافح وتناضل..
تجد زهرة الفاوانيا صوتها ويصل كما أرادت ، وتعيش عبر قصائدها وكتاباتها التي تركتها خلفها بعد وفاتها..
وعبر جهود ثلاث زوجات ( هي الزوجة الأولى من بينهن ) تابعت كل منهن عمل الأخرى حتى تمَ نشر التعليق الأول والأشهر على أوبرا حديقة الفاوانيا.
هذه الرواية ليست فقط عن زهرة الفاوانيا ، إنها عن النساء في ذلك الزمن ، حيث نرى جدتها التي ضحت بنفسها من أجل العائلة ووالدتها الشاعرة التي تناقل الجميع قصائدها وإن لم يعرفوا من القائل ، وعضوات نادي حديقة الموز ، وغيرهن.
إنها رواية عن الحب ، و عن أوبرا خالدة ، وبحث طويل عن الحرية.
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هذه الجزء من المراجعة يحتوي على تفاصيل لأحداث الرواية
تستند رواية Peony in Love إلى أحداث حقيقية..
تبدأ مع أوبرا Peony Pavilion أو حديقة الفاوانيا..
كتبها تانغ خيانجو ، في العام 1598 اكتملت الأوبرا وقدمت الأوبرا لأول مرة ، وأصبح تانغ من أهم المشجعين على العواطف العميقة والحب ولكنه حوربَ من قبل الحكومة ومن قبل مجموعات اجتماعية لم ترغب بوجود هكذا أوبرا واعتبرتها سياسية فوق الحد وتسيء لأخلاقيات المجتمع وخضعت الأوبرا للرقابة حتى أصبحت ثمانية مشاهد فقط من أصل خمس وخمسين مشهداً.
وتوقفت طباعة نسخها المكتوبة..
وفي 1780 ازدادت حدة معارضة الأوبرا ووصفت بـ أنها مجدفة..
وفي العام 1868 أصدر الإمبراطور الصيني تانغجي التحريم الرسمي الأول واصفا حديقة الفاونيا بالفاسدة قأمر بإحراق كل النسخ وتحريم كل انتاجاتها ، بما فيها أي تعليق كتب عنها..
وتستمر الرقابة على هذه الأوبرا حتى يومنا هذا..
تقول الكاتبة ليزا سي.: باستثناء اللقاءات العاطفية بين شخصين غير متزوجين اعتقد أنني أعرف لماذا اعتبر الناس هذه الأوبرا مزعجة لأنه أول عمل أدبي في تاريخ الصين تقوم فيه البطلة ، وهي فتاة في السادسة عشرة من عمرها بتقرير مصيرها..
وفي تلك الأيام سمح للنساء في استثناءات نادرة بقراءة الأوبرا دون سماعها أو مشاهدتها..
تأثرت الفتيات الثريات والمتعلمات ممن أتيحت لهن تلك الفرصة (فتيات بين 13 و 16 وزيجاتهن مرتبة مسبقاً ) بقصة الأوبرا أكثر من غيرهن..
فقد قلدن البطلة "لينيانغ" وامتنعن عن الطعام وذبلن ومتن وكلهن أمل أنهن قد يستطعن بطريقة ما أن يحددن أقدراهن مثل لينيانغ.
حدث هذا في الصين في القرن السابع عشر وعرفن تلك الفتيات بالعذارى الملتاعات..
بطلة الرواية (زهرة الفاواتيا ) هي واحدة من تلك الفتيات..
قرأت كل نسخ الأوبرا. وتشبعت بها وعشقتها وتماهت معها..
واحتفالا بعيد ميلادها السادس عشر وقبل أشهر قليلة من زواجها المدبر مسبقا قرر والدها أن ينتج نسخة منزلية من الأوبرا واستضافة كثير من الأثرياء وكبار القوم في المدينة وكان من ضمن المدعوين خطيب ابنته (رين وو )..
وسمح لنساء المنزل والضيفات بالإستماع للأوبرا لا مشاهدتها ومجرد الموافقة على استماعهن للاوبرا هو حدث نادر وربما لم يحدث من قبل..
ولأن الأوبرا طويلة ومليئة بالمشاهد والموسيقى..
قرر والدها أن تستمر لثلاث ليال..
في الليلة الأولى تسترق زهرة الفاوانيا النظر عبر الستار ، لترى شابا وسيما واسترعي كل اهتمامها.
وتترك الحفل المقام على شرفها لتستنشق بعض الهواء النقي وبالصدفة تلتقي ذلك الشاب وتتحدث معه وتكتشف أنه شاعر..
وتلتقيه في الليلتين التاليتين أيضاً..وتقع في حبه وتقرر انها لم تعد تريد الزواج بخطيبها..
وبسبب سلسلة من الأحداث جمع بينها الحظ السيء وسوء التفاهم ( نعرف أن خطيبها و الشاب الوسيم هما الشخص ذاته ولكن زهرة الفاوانيا لا تعرف ذلك ) وسوء الحظ هذا سيلازمها طويلا.
فـ تعزف عن الطعام وتستغرق في قراءة أوبرا حديقة الفاوانيا وتبدأ بكتابة تعليقها على الأوبرا وتكتب أيضاً الكثير من الشعر لحبيها..
وحين تعرف الحقيقة أخيراً يكون الآوان قد فات..
وتكون هي على فراش الموت تحتضر.
لتموت زهرة الفاوانيا..
في الجزء الثاني من الرواية نستغرق في طقوس الموت الصينية وكثير من صور الحياة ما بعد الموت.
في الأجزاء المتبقية من الرواية ، تكافح زهرة الفاوانيا من أجل أن تكمل كتابة أفكارها ورأيها في أوبرا حديقة الفاوانيا وفي هذه الأثناء يكون رين وو ( حبيبها والرجل الذي كان من المقرر أن تتزوجه ) يتزوج من ابنة المفوض تان "زي".
بعد أن تكتب زي تان تعليقها على جزء آخر من الأوبرا تموت هي الأخرى..
وبعد مرور عدة سنوات يتزوج رين للمرة الثالثة من كيان بي..
والتي تكمل عمل الزوجتين السابقتين وتتمم التعليق على الأوبرا وتنشره بمساعدة زوجها رغم اعتراض المجتمع ولكن التعليق ينشر احيراً وباسم الزوجات الثلاث.
في الرواية كثير من التقاليد الصينية / مثل عادة ربط الأقدام "المريعة " والأشباح الجائعة والأشباح الغاضبة والساعية للإنتقام ، وقد يكون أغربها طقس زواج الأشباح.
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أخيراً أود أن أتحدث عن الترجمة..
ترجمة الرواية التي قامت بها الدار العربية للعلوم جميلة جدا.
بإستثناء ترجمة اسم الرواية ، فاسمها هو موعد مع القدر..
وهي ترجمة غير موفقة
فمن اسم جميل مثل Peony in Love إلى اسم مستهلك ولا نكهة له ولا معنى مثل موعد مع القدر. زهرة الفاوانيا العاشقة
رواية تتحدث عن شابة صينية في القرن السابع عشر وقصة عشقها البريئة وأحداث حياتها ووفاتها وعجائب اخرى على مدى اربعين عاما واكثر
للمرة الاولى اقرأ عن الصين وفي الادب الصيني واتعرف على تراث وتقاليد وشعائر وخرافات مبهرة لهذا الشعب العظيم
رغم غرابة واختلاف العديد من الامور والثقافات والاديان والمجتمعات في الرواية عن كل ما اعرفه الا ان اوجه التشابه كانت عديدة ووجدت نفسي في كثير من الافكار والمشاعر ربما لان الرواية تتحدث عن الروابط السرية العميقة بين النساء ارتبطت بها ولكن مما لاشك فيه انها رواية تستحق الاقتناء وانصح بها جدا خصوصا للبنات رغم ان عنوان الرواية يتحدث عن الحب ومحتواها عموما عن قصة حب خيالية الا انها راقية ولاتجد فيها ابتذال ونجاسة وقلة الاحترام في الروايات الاخرى
الرواية بكل بساطة نالت اعجابي الشديد جدا واستمتعت بها حتى النهاية واتمنى لو اراها كعمل سينمائي او انيمي :) Lyrical and heartbreaking, it was an epic on the many different types of love that make the human experience worthwhile. I also loved the afterlife aspect, it added so much hope and depth to the story’s message. A valuable read for anyone who loves deeply.
Lopera di Rabelais e la cultur la Rabelais
Lopera di Rabelais e la cultur la Rabelais