Plum and Bamboo: China's Suzhou Chantefable Tradition

by Mark Bender

In the cities of the Yangzi River delta region of China, audiences sip tea in story houses while storytellers speak and sing stories accompanied by stringed instruments. The stories unfold week after week, usually revolving around a love intrigue. Plum and Bamboo is a thorough introduction to this enchanting oral narrative tradition that still flourishes in Shanghai and in Suzhou, an ancient city known as the "city of gardens."
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025202821X
• ISBN13: 9780252028212
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"