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Robert van Gulik | 176 pages | 01 Apr 2005 | The University of Chicago Press | 9780226848730 | English | Chicago, IL, United States The Red Pavilion by Robert van Gulik

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Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh The Red Pavilion try again. The Red Pavilion Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Although he finally teases the true story from a tangled history of passion and betrayal, Dee is saddened by the perversion, corruption, and waste of the world "of flowers and willows" that thrives on prostitution. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published April 1st by University of Chicago Press first published More Details Original Title. Chronological order 9Judge Dee 8. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Red Pavilionplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of The Red Pavilion. Feb 16, Henry Avila rated it really liked it. As the old saying goes The honorable Judge Dee will learn this out very quickly to his great regret, when passing through the resort of Paradise Island from unpleasant duties in the Imperial Capital, Chang'an now Xi'an Calling this an island is stretching it, mostly surrounded by a river though, an adult area for gambling houses, imbibing and brothels quite prosp As the old saying goes Calling this an island is stretching it, mostly surrounded by a river though, an adult area for gambling houses, imbibing and brothels quite prosperous, everyone is making money, well most are, the magistrate here is the obese, fun loving, lethargic Lo Kwan-choong. Finding himself in a bit of a pickle, making a promise he can't keep, to Autumn Moon the exquisite courtesan, and flees hastily, after begging the good Dee for help to take over while attending "vital business" faraway, he should have kept on the road not stopping to see Lo. The unenthusiastic able man has no choice, one little case his friend said pendinga routine suicide becomes a triple mystery going back thirty years, but are they murders or just more suicides this is the puzzle; how badly the The Red Pavilion Judge Dee desires to get home to Poo-yang, and the peaceful atmosphere there. Plots for power, ambushes from vicious gangs, boats colliding in the dark river, attempted seductions, an old lethal plague absolutely important in The Red Pavilion the truth, all add to the unreal turmoil in the island. With the assistance of trusted lieutenant Ma Loong, a lusty man also, he too gets involved She's from his own village The Red Pavilion extremely beautifulhe falls in love. Even contemplates buying and marrying her, risking his friends teasing but not caring. The boisterous festival of the Dead weeks long, is crowding the streets in Paradise Island, the people are joyful and drinking rather The academic Lee Lien's death was it really by The Red Pavilion own hand, suspects are plentiful and the beautiful Autumn Moon pays an unexpected visit to the Red Pavilion, the scene in the exact room of the hostel, where the blood occurred. Only a man with the fortitude of The Red Pavilion judge could remain unemotional looking at the semi-nude woman. Still he is not afraid of ghosts or sleeping there, and what about Feng Dai the warden The Red Pavilionis he a respectable person or another criminal. A neglected crime novel which is The Red Pavilion than this, for people who like a good mystery and gain knowledge about a different culture. You are immersed in the The Red Pavilion to day living from an ancient era and still feel how civilization continues its progress or lack of, the climb The Red Pavilion above the clouds to a better world, is not always in a straight line. View all 19 comments. Feb 22, Steve added it. It appears that he made at least some publicity for his view, since his Judge Dee series was quite successful both in the West and the East. He translated some of the books into Chinese himself and arranged for them to be translated into Japanese, as well. In carrying out his mission, van Gulik did more than write his detective series with Judge Dee who is the investigating magistrate in many of The Red Pavilion Chinese novels, irrespective of author as primary protagonist and with T'ang dynasty China as the setting; he also mined the The Red Pavilion literature for stories to The Red Pavilion and even adopted the structure of Dee Goong An by having three separate incidents of murder to solve, at least in this The Red Pavilion He was counting on his Chinese audience to recognize the stories and to see in the stories' success in the West that they could be proud of their literature. It would appear that others share this opinion, for The Red Pavilion and further volumes of the series are published by no less than the University of Chicago Press. Not to fear - these are not dusty academic tomes. Circumstances, not careful planning, saw to it that I read this book first. It may or may not be representative of the series. Frankly, Dee Goong An had a great deal more flavor than this book does. The characters in the former were much more boldly drawn, and the marked distance in time, culture and The Red Pavilion of Dee Goong An was foreshortened in this book. In the original, Judge Dee was more adventuresome, cantankerous and arrogant and worried about his neck than in van Gulik's book. And the quotidian torture and executions of the Chinese tradition are suppressed here. The drama of contention, of struggle, is largely absent, whereas it was central in Dee Goong An. What saves this book from itself are three The Red Pavilion the secondary characters, Ma Joong, the Shrimp and the Crab, who wryly and amusingly comment on their "betters" and their doings from the peanut gallery. As a mystery story, this one is not bad, but I think that a pure genre reader would be disappointed. I acquired a few more books from this series, but I'll only report on them The Red Pavilion they have more to offer than does The Red Pavilion. And the ultimate winners of that civil war did not have a picnic in mind when they finally got the reins of power in their hands. Judge Dee, magistrate of Poo-yang, eagerly heads home after an unpleasant hearing in the capital surrounding some chicanery and illicit sex at a Buddhist monastery in the earlier The Chinese Bell Murders. Dee finds himself unexpectedly thrust into the role of investigator into an alleged suicide in the pleasure district of Paradise Island in the neighboring district. Paradise Island served as the Las The Red Pavilion of its day, with plenty of gambling, drinking and prostitution. As befits the irresponsible and careless Lo, he dashes off from Pleasure Island to the city of Chin-hwa to avoid some unpleasantness, and Lo asks Judge Dee to finish off the investigation into the suicide of a brilliant young scholar named Lee Lien, who had just been appointed a member of the Imperial Academy and had everything to live for. In those The Red Pavilion cases, the victims, like Lee, died behind The Red Pavilion doors inside the self-same Red Pavilion. The Red Pavilion also shows a sweet side to the normally devil-may-care Ma Joong. To say anything more would spoil the novel. For those new to the series, author Robert van Gulika Dutch diplomat, linguist and Asian scholar, relied on a real-life Chinese magistrate during the T'ang Dynasty named Ti Jen-chieh for his Judge Dee novels. Feb 12, Nancy Oakes rated it it was amazing Shelves: historical-crime-fictionThe Red Pavilion. After The Haunted Monastery, this one is quite possibly my favorite. As usual, one crime leads to the uncovering of others, and I love to watch the magistrate pick up and unravel every strand of mystery. Start with the first one. Recommended for people who want something different in their mystery The Red Pavilion also, I think anyone who likes should enjoy this series as well. Apr 30, Desmond rated it liked it Shelves: mystery. Robert van Gulik's Judge Dee mysteries are always a pleasant undertaking as anachronistic as they may be. I tend to liken them to the works of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe stories where the character of the Judge and his assistants is just as important to the enjoyment of the stories as the mysteries. In 'The Red Pavilion' there is the usual caveat of Judge Dee having The Red Pavilion deal with more than one mystery at a time though in this instance they are all tied together by the titular Red Pavilion. A feature Robert van Gulik's Judge Dee mysteries are always a pleasant undertaking as anachronistic as they may be. A feature I've always enjoyed about the Dee mysteries is that as might be expected for an official of his type the Judge has more than one case occur concurrently. This particular novel is rather short, and a quick read, but I still rather enjoyed it. Aug 16, Garrett rated it really liked it. The Judge Dee novels are purely brilliant. Robert Van Gulik was a true , weaving carefully studied bits of Chinese culture into his mystery novels to draw foreign crowds into an extravagantly exotic setting. Unfortunately, the Red Pavilion pales in comparison to Van Gulik's other novels. The conclusion lacks the punch many of his other novels, though two of the most interesting characters anywhere in the series make their appearance in this volume. Still, The Red Pavilion must read for any Judge Dee fans. A fast read. Nice variation on the locked room mystery his is a fairly good selection in the Judge Dee series. 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