I love books that take me in to a world I know nothing about. Here's a book that offers a behind the scenes look at Chinese opera:
The Moon Opera by Bi Feiyu is $1.99 at Amazon
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Twenty years ago, in a fit of diva jealousy, Xiao Yanqiu, star of The Moon Opera, violently assaulted her understudy. Spurned by the troupe, she turned to teaching.
Now, a rich cigarette-factory boss has offered to underwrite a restaging of the cursed opera—but only on the condition that Xiao Yanqiu return to the role of Chang’e. So she does, this time believing she has fully become the immortal moon goddess . . .
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