About this title: Six Records of a Floating Life (1809) is an extraordinary blend of autobiography, love story and social document written by a man who was educated as a scholar but earned his living as a civil servant and art dealer. In this intimate memoir, Shen Fu recounts the domestic and romantic joys of his marriage to Yun, the beautiful and artistic girl he fell in love with as a child. He also describes other incidents of his life, including how his beloved wife obtained a courtesan for him and reflects on his travels through China. Shen Fu's exquisite memoir shows six parallel layers' of one man's ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780140444292ISBN:0140444297
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780140444292ISBN:0140444297
Description: New. Six Records of a Floating Life (1809) is an extraordinary blend of autobiography, love story and social document written by a man who was educated as a scholar but earned his living as a civil servant and art dealer. read more
"First of all, I'm reading this book as an assignment for my world civ: china class...TBC
Second of all I was rather impressed. It was not a bad book. i expected it to be hard to read and boring, but it wasn't!!! It's a love story. The last chapter had me confused and lost, but over all, not a bad read."
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