- China, Fiction, Sex customs, Sexual behavior
In the three hundred years since its initial publication, Li Yu's The Carnal Prayer Mat has been widely read in China, where it is recognized as a benchmark of erotic literature and currently enjoys the distinction of being a banned-in-Beijing classic.
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Classical in form, cool, plot-driven and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Li Yu
- First published
- 1705
- Pages
- 354
- Publisher
- Sine nomine, Ballantine Books, University of Hawai'i Press
- Editions
- 25
- Language
- German, Japanese, French, English
- ISBN
- 9781562010935
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