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Peony

3.9/5 ( ratings)

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's, 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.

Language: English

Pages: 352

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Moyer Bell and its subsidiaries

Release: January 01, 2006

ISBN: 1559213388

ISBN 13: 9781559213387

Peony

3.9/5 ( ratings)

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's, 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.

Language: English

Pages: 352

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Moyer Bell and its subsidiaries

Release: January 01, 2006

ISBN: 1559213388

ISBN 13: 9781559213387

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