'A first novel of rare quality - beautiful, grave, humorous, exciting, and wise.' - Observer Peking in the 1930s - an ancient city of warlords, bordered by brutal civil war, and a place of exquisite beauty. Laura Leroy, whose marriage to a diplomat has taken her far from home, lives divided between England and the social farce of diplomatic life in Peking.
When a group of expats venture out on an expedition to the great mon¬astery at Chieh T'ai Ssu they find themselves intoxicated by the extraordi¬nary flowering beauty of Chinese landscape in spring. Laura is drawn to Vinstead, a man who reminds her of the green fields and spires she has left behind in Oxford. But far from the pleasures of cocktails and picnic parties, they encounter a shocking clash that threatens the security of their fragile society.
Peking Picnic is an enthralling novel, and Ann Bridge evokes the uneasy balance of living between two worlds, between east and west, and between old China and the coming of the new.
'Ann Bridge's special blend of landscape and romance, makes us feel that we have been there too and have shared its dramas and enchantments.' - Linda Kelly 'Almost unmixed delight . . . It is pictorial and exciting and illuminating.' - L. P. Hartley 'And unusual and beautiful first novel, which leaves one thinking long after one has put it down.' - Spectator
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