PASSING UNDER HEAVEN
Book ID/图书代码： 12844004B09069
English Summary/英文概要： In the last years of the Tang Dynasty, a beautiful girl is born in a fort along the Great Wall of China, and is set to become the most famous and celebrated courtesan of her age. Set in the 9th century, Passing Under Heaven tells the tragic love story of Lily, a Chinese poet and documents a time when Chinese women enjoyed a window of unprecedented personal freedom - including the freedom to fall in love. But when Lily pushes that freedom to its limits disaster ensues, leaving her child and husband to forever mourn her loss.
Based on historical fact, Passing Under Heaven is more than the story of the end of a love affair, this book also chronicles the passing of the Chinese golden age into civil war and ruin.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 晚唐衰败，国势中落。乱世之秋中，迎来了莉莉的出世。
命运多舛，生母的遗弃令其不幸沦为孤儿，在五岁之前，幼小的她不断挣扎于颠沛流离之间。
不过出乎所有人的预料，正是这样一位纤弱的女子，她博学有才、妙解音律、善于诗赋；历经了乱世的洗涤与沉浮后，却最终攀上了文坛顶峰，成为了那个年代的一段传奇，所谓名留青史。
深闺于亭台楼阁间，依山傍水，柔风掠湖；收养在书香门第中的莉莉可谓饱受熏陶：众多的文人骚客，书生大儒都成为了她幼年的文字乳娘。
可悲的是，身为那个年代的女性，她们的命运是悲苦的；因为传统意识下的男尊女卑就象一把无形的枷锁，牢牢禁锢着追求自由的脚踝。
但是，莉莉却并未向此屈膝。她天赋异禀，她才华过人，她寄希望于借助不停的改变以彻底挣脱命运无情的牢笼：从烂漫率真的妙龄少女，到集宠爱于一身的妾侍佳丽；从沦落风尘的勾栏商女，再到名震一时的文坛才女...
不过直至蛮勇的北胡即将南侵，她才最终迎来了自己宿命的转机...
取材于古代中国史实，「天堂过客」真实再现了千年之前的一段爱恨情仇。它不仅描述了一位名姝，更是将一个朝代由盛而衰的宏大经历全盘呈现在了读者的面前。(ANDY)
Awards/获奖情况：‘Passionately imagined’---INDEPENDENT
‘Superbly evoked are the luxury and refinement that co-exist with cold cruelty and a fatalism that to us is puzzling.’---DAILY MAIL
’Justin Hill has a keen eye for detail and both when describing the humble and the elevated, his language, like Yu’s, is elegantly understated and refreshing.’---OBSERVER
’Rich in atmosphere, lavishly described…captivating…’---EVENING HERALD
About the Author/作者介绍： Justin Hill was born in 1971. He worked with VSO and lived in China for many years. He currently lives in New York.
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