The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume Four: The Climax Condition:Good Making the decision will take

Making the decision will take uncle and niece on an emotional journey back to their family’s roots and remind them again what a bookstore can mean to an individual

domestic strife

Combining suspense

to emerging power relationships and economies

The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume Four: The Climax Condition:Good Making the decision will takeThis is the fourth and penultimate volume in David Roy's celebrated translation of one of the most famous and important novels in Chinese literature. The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei is an anonymous sixteenth century work that focuses on the domestic life of Hsi men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. The novel, known primarily for its erotic realism, is