Peony (novel)
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| Author | Pearl S. Buck |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | John Day |
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Publication date
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1948 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Peony is a novel by Pearl S. Buck first published in 1948. It is a story of China's Kaifeng Jews.
Plot
Peony is set in the 1850s in the city of Kaifeng, in the province of Henan, which was historically a center for Chinese Jews. The novel follows Peony, a Chinese bondmaid of the prominent Jewish family of Ezra ben Israel, and shows through her eyes how the Jewish community was regarded in Kaifeng at a time when most of the Jews had come to think of themselves as Chinese. The novel contains a hidden love and shows the importance of duty along with the challenges of life. This novel is one that follows the guidelines of Buck's work. The setting is China, religion is involved, and there is an interracial couple (David and Kueilan).
A prefatory note before the title page tells the reader of the assimilation of the Jews of Kaifeng. "Today even the memory of their origin is gone. They are Chinese."
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