{"product_id":"eileen-chang-red-rose-white-rose-2011","title":"Eileen Chang: Red Rose, White Rose [2011]","description":"There were two women in Zhenbao's life: one he called his white rose, the other his red rose. One was a spotless wife, the other a passionate mistress. Isn't that just how the average man describe a chaste widow's devotion to her husband's memory - as spotless, and passionate too? Maybe every man has had two such women - at least two. Marry a red rose and eventually she'll be a mosquito-blood streak smeared on the wall, while the white one is \"moonlight in front of my bed.\" Marry a white rose, and before long she'll be a grain of sticky rice that's gotten stuck to your clothes; the red one, by then, is a scarlet beauty mark just over your heart. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Eileen Chang's eloquent and evocative novella, Zhenbao is a devoted son, a diligent worker, and \u003cbr\u003eguarded in love. But when he meets a friend's spoilt, spirited, desirable wife, he cannot resist her charms, or keep their relationship under his control. As he succumbs to passions and resentments, Red Rose, White Rose is both sensual and restrained.","brand":"Chang, Eileen","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":55055539175763,"sku":"XG80141196145","price":1.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"New","offer_id":55055012561235,"sku":"9780141196145","price":4.29,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/chang-eileen-eileen-chang-red-rose-white-rose-2011-1260011280.jpg?v=1790369471","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/eileen-chang-red-rose-white-rose-2011","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}