by Lilian Lee · tapa dura · ISBN 9782286036171
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«Adieu ma concubine» is the novel by Lilian Lee, published by Flammarion in 1993 in hardcover (451 pages, in French).
Set in China, the novel interweaves love, betrayal and the search for identity in a complex historical and cultural context. The narrative focuses on characters marked by duty, desire and loyalty, and portrays the emotional and social tensions of a turbulent era.
The work was originally published in Chinese as «霸王別姬» in 1985; the French edition is from 1993.
For readers of historical fiction and character-driven fiction, with an interest in Chinese literature and its cultural contexts.
Dame Rosemary Jane Tremain is an English novelist, short story writer, and former Chancellor of the University of East Anglia. She as been the recipient of many prizes for her writing, including the Giles Cooper Award (1984), the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1992), the Whitbread Award (1999) and the Orange Prize (2008).
