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ÒBirch has the exuberance needed for Tang XianzuÕs work, and without distortion he finds in TangÕs cast of minor characters . . . a host of echoes of Shakespearian comedy and Shakespearian diction.Ó ÑNew York Review of Books Ò . . . the most important translation from Chinese in years.Ó ÑChoice One of the worldÕs greatest love stories in its first complete English translation. Cyril Birch has captured all the elegance, lyricism, and subtle humor of this drama by Tang Xianzu, perhaps the finest of the Ming dramatists.Tang, Xianzu is the author of 'Peony Pavilion (Mudan Ting) - Hsie' with ISBN 9780253357236 and ISBN 0253357233.
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