PLUM-BLOSSOM AND KAI LIN

by Hedwig Weiss-Sonnenburg ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 22, 1960

Plum-Blossom, while just a child, is sold as a slave into the wealthy Wang home. There she dutifully serves, helpless to defy the traditions which stipulate the justness of slavery, the subservience of girl children. An affinity between Kai Lin, the oldest Wang child, and Plum-Blossom develops and from him she receives an education. When he returns from his studies which have exposed him to Western democratic concepts, he befriends Plum-Blossom as an equal. Internal struggle, civil war, and disaster to the Wangs bring the two young people even closer together and make possible a marriage between them. A good story, told with delicacy, Plum-Blossom and Kai Lin does not read like a treatise on slavery, but rather presents its issues tastefully as an integral part of the story. A vivid picture of Chinese customs and manners further enhances the novel.

Pub Date: July 22, 1960

ISBN: 054845132X

Page Count: -

Publisher: Watts

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 1, 1960

Categories: FICTION