Thunderstorm

Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1978. Third edition. Octavo in black DJ, yellow lightning illus to front DJ, 151 pages, b&w illustrations, 22 cm. Very gentle rubbing to spine head and foot, light soiling to fore-edges and DJ, stamp to front free endpaper, bright pages, tight binding, faint sunning to DJ spine, very mild rubbing to DJ spine head and foot, about half inch clipped mark to DJ spine, else near fine(-) in very good(+) DJ. in very good + dust-jacket. Hardcover.

DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. A woman falls in love with her husband's son by another marriage. The son tries to get away from the relationship by turning his attention to a housemaid. The family discovers the housemaid is the daughter of the husband's first wife. This leads to a family crisis. Chinese drama, novel -- 20th century.