The Moon Opera

By: Bi Feiyu

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Synopsis: This &“gem of a novel . . . gives us a glimpse not only into the Chinese opera world but deep into a woman&’s heart&” (Lisa See, author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane). 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 . . . Set against the drama, intrigue, jealousy, retribution, and redemption of backstage Peking opera, this &“tiny, perfect novel [with] distant echoes of All About Eve&” is a stunning portrait of women in a world that simultaneously reveres and restricts them (The Times, London).

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