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Tsau Hsüä-tjin [Cao Xueqin], Gau
Ë [Gao E]
The
Dream
of
the
Red Chamber or The Story of the Stone
[The
first
full
German translation of the Hongloumeng / Dream of the
Red Chamber]
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3
vols.
hardcover
edition
(ISBN 978-3-86515-010-3). See also paperback
edition (ISBN 978-3-89966-500-0) and the press release.
Free download: Corrigenda
& Addenda of
the 2nd edition (paperback)
[in German] Tsau,
Hsüä-Tjin / Gau, E: Der Traum der Roten Kammer oder Die
Geschichte vom
Stein [The
Dream
of
the
Red Chamber or the Story of the Stone],
Translated from Chinese into German by Schwarz, Rainer / Woesler,
Martin, ed. by
Martin Woesler, with epilogue by Hartmut Walravens,
European University Press, ISBN 978-3-86515-010-3, hardcover, 177.00
Eur[D] /
182.00 Eur[A], 3 vols., ca. 2640 S. - 21 x 15 cm, 1st ed. 2006 [i.e.
2007],
2600 g [vol. 3 appears 2008/2009] Original title: Cao Xueqin,
Gao E:
Hongloumeng / Shitouji
Contents
The goddess Nüwa no longer uses stone
number 36501 for the repairs of
the roof of heaven. The stone feeds a flower with dew drops. Finally,
the stone is reincarnated as the protagonist Djia Bau-yü, who must
reciprocate the dew in the form of tears. The novel tells of the
growing up of Bau-yü with his cousins in the 'Garden of the Great
Views' before the background of the rise and fall of the family of
court officials of Djia in the Manchurian Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
Bau-yü spends an almost burden free childhood and youth with his
cousins.
A triangular relationship develops between the talented androgynous
Djia Bau-yü, the rising pragmatic Hsüä Bau-tschai and
the
wistful-loving, intelligent but sickly child Lin Dai-yü.
Bau-yü experiences the degeneration and the moral decadence of his
family, and the political and financial decline that follows. The ideal
world of childhood threatens to shatter during the precious crossover
into youth.
Looming calamities overshadow the love of the androgynous Djia
Bau-yü
to his devoted but sickly cousin Lin Dai-yü, who suffers in
silence and
resigns herself to her fate. Finally Bau-yü marries Bau-tschai,
believing he would marry Dai-yü. Dai-yü dies and after the
ruination of
the family and the closure of the garden, Bau-yü becomes a
recluse. The
novel carries clearly autobiographical traits.
Availability
The book is
available directly
from the press, domestic phone 0800 7013600 (toll free),
internationally +49 234 701360. blaetterwald.net
universitäts-buchhandlung gmbh, querenburger
hoehe 281, 44801 bochum, fax +49 234 701230, email
info@blaetterwald.net. In Germany, Austria and
Switzerland, the book is available
also in the bookstores. Moreover, the book is available through
Amazon.de also. Internationally, you may order here:
US: The
University
Press Bochum, c/o Ms Lei Song, 2504 Grant Ave #2, Redondo Beach CA
90278
USA, phone +1 310 379-9031, fax +1 209 729-5412, email us@BoU.de
Asia:
The University
Press Bochum, c/o Ms Sylvia Xinghua WENG, 225 Chaoyang Beilu, Jinglong
dasha, 1809 shi, 100026 Beijing, mobile 010 6364 0094, phone +86 10
8595 2711, fax 2712,
email china@BoU.de.
Europe:
The University
Press Bochum, Querenburger Höhe 281, 44801 Bochum, Germany, phone
+49 234 971 978 - 0, fax -6, on campus +49 234 (32-)11993, fax
(32-)14993,
email BoU@BoU.de
This title is
also available
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