In the Cleveland Plain Dealer Karen R. Long reports that Pauline Chen builds 'The Red Chamber' around memorable characters from a Chinese classic, as Chen's novel takes characters from the great The Story of the Stone (also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber), by Cao Xueqin, and ... well, apparently builds her own story around them.
Since The Story of the Stone is one of my all-time favorite novels I have great and grave doubts that this could work, but I figure I really ought to take a look .....
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Since The Story of the Stone is one of my all-time favorite novels I have great and grave doubts that this could work, but I figure I really ought to take a look .....
See also the Knopf publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.