Le pavillon des pivoines

Synopsis of Le pavillon des pivoines

«Le pavillon des pivoines» is Lisa See's historical and romantic novel, published by J'ai lu in paperback (480 pages, in French).

In seventeenth-century China, Pivoine lives secluded in the women's quarters while awaiting her wedding. Far from the duties of her station, she takes refuge in readings that exalt passionate love. When her father allows her to attend an opera performance, she falls in love with a poet, and that passion will seal her fate.

Original title: «Peony in Love» (2007). Translated from English by Pierre Ménard; this French edition was published in 2009.

For readers of historical and romantic fiction interested in seventeenth-century China and love stories with a cultural backdrop.