Name: René Leys
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Author: Segalen, Victor ; Buruma, Ian ; Underwood, J. A.
ISBN: 9781590170410

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Author

Victor Segalen

Preface by

Ian Buruma

Translated by

J. a. Underwood

Publisher

New York Review of Books

Year

2003

Language

English

Pages

240

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3 x 12.7 x 1.3 cm

Weight

0.24 kg.

ISBN

1590170415

ISBN13

9781590170410

Synopsis "René Leys"

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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