{"id":2834,"date":"2012-02-28T20:04:23","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T01:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=2834"},"modified":"2012-03-06T15:36:43","modified_gmt":"2012-03-06T20:36:43","slug":"rules-for-virgins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/2834","title":{"rendered":"Rules for Virgins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B006F5SUP6\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=randomreading-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B006F5SUP6\">Rules for Virgins<\/a><\/em> (2011) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/fiction\/tan_amy.php\">Amy Tan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B006F5SUP6\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=randomreading-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B006F5SUP6\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/rules-for-virgins.jpg?resize=71%2C110&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"rules-for-virgins\" width=\"71\" height=\"110\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2835\" \/><\/a>This is a short story by Amy Tan, set in Shanghai in 1912.<\/p>\n<p>Violet is a new courtesan and Magic Gourd is the older courtesan who is to both train Violet and prepare for for the life she has chosen.<\/p>\n<p>The story is comprised entirely of the advice that Magic Gourd gives to Violet about life as a courtesan and how to become one of the Top Ten Beauties in Shanghai, so that they can get a good price for Violet&#8217;s defloration and so Violet can avoid the same mistakes Magic Gourd made when she was a young courtesan.<\/p>\n<p>The story is a period piece, a glimpse into the lives of courtesans, and a glimpse into the past of Magic Gourd.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s shocking and marvelous and wonderful.<br \/>\n<strong>Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Published by Byliner Inc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rules for Virgins (2011) Amy Tan This is a short story by Amy Tan, set in Shanghai in 1912. Violet is a new courtesan and Magic Gourd is the older courtesan who is to both train Violet and prepare for for the life she has chosen. The story is comprised entirely of the advice that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,31,14,33,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-10","category-asian","category-fiction","category-historical","category-short-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-JI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5714,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5714","url_meta":{"origin":2834,"position":0},"title":"Unclaimed","author":"Michelle","date":"March 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Unclaimed (2011) Courtney Milan Set in London and Shepton Mallet, in 1841 Sir Mark Turner was knighted for his popular work on morality, however, neither he nor anyone else expected this popularity and what would come along with it--adoring crowds, jealous individuals, and random people trying to make money off\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;8\/10&quot;","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Unclaimed","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Unclaimed.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6002,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/6002","url_meta":{"origin":2834,"position":1},"title":"The Masuda Affair","author":"Michelle","date":"August 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Masuda Affair (2011) I.J. 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