Peony in Love

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER •  “A complex period tapestry inscribed with the age-old tragedy of love and death.”— The New York Times Book Review “I finally understand what the poets have written. In spring, moved to passion; in autumn only regret.” In seventeenth-century China, in an elaborate villa on the shores of Hangzhou’s West Lake, Peony lives a sheltered life. One night, during a theatrical performance in her family’s garden, Peony catches sight of an elegant, handsome man an