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René Leys
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Series: New York Review Books Classics
General FictionHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction
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ISBN10: 1590170415
ISBN13: 9781590170410
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Published: Jul 31 2003
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.52 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781590170410
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Published: Jul 31 2003
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.52 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
In this entrancing story of spiritual adventure, a Westerner in Peking seeks the mystery at the heart of the Forbidden City. He takes as a tutor in Chinese the young Belgian René Leys, who claims to be in the know about strange goings-on in the Imperial Palace: love affairs, family quarrels, conspiracies that threaten the very existence of the empire. But whether truth-teller or trickster, the elusive and ever-charming René presents his increasingly dazzled disciple with a visionary glimpse of an essential palace built upon the most magnificent foundations.
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