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Farewell My Concubine

by Lilian Lee, Bihua Li, Pi-Hua Li · 1985

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Beginning amid the decadent glamour of China in the 1930s and ending in the 1980s in Hong Kong, this brilliant novel, which formed the basis for the award-winning movie, is the passionate story of an opera student who falls in love with his best friend, and the beautiful woman who comes between them.

Genre
historical fictionLGBTliterary fictionromance
Setting
1980sChinaAsia
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 272 pages

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