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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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9781590170410

ISBN-10

1590170415

Weight

0.52 Pounds

Dimensions

5.00 x 0.61 x 7.97 In

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$17.95

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

240 pages

Publisher

NYRB Classics

Published On

2003-07-31


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