The Embroidered Shoes
Stories
by Tsan-Hsueh
ISBN: 0805054138
ISBN-13: 9780805054132
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
A collection of eleven short stories by the Chinese surrealist (author of "Dialogues in Paradise" and "Old Floating Cloud").
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
Published date: 1997
Size: 6 x 8.75 inches
Weight: 0.85 pounds
Pages: 221
Publisher's Notes
A series of short stories features such offbeat characters as a doctor-detective-warrior who sleeps like a hippo in a cistern and a homicidal maniac housewife whose husband ends up in the hospital with a stomach full of needles.
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The Embroidered Shoes: Stories
Tsan-Hsueh, Can Xue
Henry Holt & Co. Used - Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information) Offered by Better World Books (United States)
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Tsan-Hsueh
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Co, 1997. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ D.J. not price clipped; slightly scuffed and creased; moderate edge wear/ gift inscription on front page/ corners and spine bumped. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Harvest Moon Farm Book Cellar (United States)
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The Embroidered Shoes : Stories
Janssen, Ronald R.; Janssen, R. (translator); Zhang, Jian (translator)
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Company, LLC, 1997 Slight edge wear. DJ slightly rubbed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information) Offered by King's Books (United States)
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Tsan-Hsueh
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Company, 1997 First Edition; Hard Cover with dust jacket, 221 pages; Near Fine book in Very Good jacket; light rubbing to jacket, else clean, tight & square.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by James Sroda, Bookseller (United States)
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The Embroidered Shoes: Stories
Tsan-Hsueh
New York: Henry Holt & Co. Very Good/Very Good. 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. 0805054138 Very Good in Very Good jacket 8.75 x 0.75 x 6.00. 221pp. A Clean and Bright copy. Lang: English. Vols: 1, Wt: 1lbs. . ( more information) Offered by The John Bale Book Co. (United States)
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The Embroidered Shoes: Stories
Xue, Can; Janssen, R. (translator); Zhang, Jian (translator)
New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1997. F First Edition, First Printing Used. H Hard Cover. Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Vashon Island Books (Greenwood Warehouse) (United States)
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The Embroidered Shoes: Stories
Tsan-Hsueh
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Co, 1997 Hardcover. Sound, clean & very nice copy, hint of edgewear. Jacket is bright & clean, light rubbing/edgewear. Not price clipped.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. ( more information) Offered by The Book Women (United States)
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The Embroidered Shoes: Stories
Can Xue
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1997. Fine/Fine. ISBN: 0-8050-5413-8. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First American Edition. 221 pp. First printing thus. Previous owner blind stamp on the front free endpaper. Translated from the Chinese by Ronald R. Janssen and Jian Zhang. Keywords: Fiction - Chinese. ( more information) Offered by Persephone's Books (United States)
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The Embroidered Shoes
Xue, Can
Henry Holt & Company, 1997. Hardcover. Grade: C. Catalog: Fiction General Synopsis: 221 pages. First Edition. Can Xue (pronounced 'tsan shway') is considered by many to be the most spirited, fearless, radical fiction writer to come ou... ( more information) Offered by www.1stChoiceUsedBooks.com (United States)
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The Embroidered Shoes : Stories
Janssen, Ronald R.; Janssen, R. (translator); Zhang, Jian (translator)
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Company, LLC, 1997. real nice copy. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Redbrick Books (United States)
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The Embroidered Shoes : Stories
Janssen, Ronald R.; Janssen, R. (translator); Zhang, Jian (translator)
Henry Holt & Company, LLCNew York, NY, U.S.A, 1997. 1st Printing of 1st Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine, Immaculate, Pristine book. 1 ISBN: 0805054138. ( more information) Offered by Snooty Literary Society (United States)
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The Embroidered Shoes: Stories
Tsan-Hsueh; Xue, Can
Henry Holt & Co. Hardcover. 0805054138 Near fine in near fine dust jacket. First edition ...Experience, Quality, Value.... . Fine. ( more information) Offered by Robinson Street Books (United States)
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The Embroidered Shoes: Stories
Tsan-Hsueh
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Co, 1997. 221pp. Light wear, DJ: rubbing, wear extremities.. 1st. Hb. VG-/VG-. ( more information) Offered by Priceless Books (United States)
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The Embroidered Shoes: Stories by Tsan-Hsueh; Ronald R. Janssen; Jian Zhang
Tsan-Hsueh; Can Xue; Translator-Ronald R. Janssen; Translator-Jian Zhang
Henry Holt & Co, 1997-09. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition 1997 Henry Holt & Co Hardback; text clean/unmarked; color dj near mint/edges fine w/no tears or nicks; price unclipped; NOT x-library; No remndr mark; 221pp; 11 stories. ( more information) Offered by HappyHippy7 (United States)
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The Embroidered Shoes
Xue, Can
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1997 Shelfwear and rubbing to book and dj. Black spine on red boards. Bright, clean. 221 pages. Translated into English by Ronald R. Janssen and Jian Zhang. Stories by the author: The Emboidered Shoes and the Vexation of Old Lady Yuan; A Strange Kind of Brain Damage; A Dull Story; Homecoming; Anonymities and more. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Trylinski Books (Canada)
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The Embroidered Shoes : Stories
Janssen, Ronald R.; Janssen, R. (translator); Zhang, Jian (translator)
Henry Holt & Company, LLCNew York, NY, U.S.A, 1997. 1st Printing of 1st Edition. Hardback with Dustjacket. Fine/Fine, Excellent, pristine condition. 1 ISBN: 0805054138. ( more information) Offered by Snooty Literary Society (United States)
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The Embroidered Shoes
Xue, Can
New York: Henry Holt & Co, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Remainder mark to the top of page edges. Book and dust jacket show some rubbing along edges, a couple light scuffs at corners. ISBN: 0-8050-5413-8. ( more information) Offered by Adventures Underground (United States)
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The Embroidered Shoes: Stories
Tsan-Hsueh
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Company, 1997 Some bumped corners, light rubbing of the covers and ink markings on the back cover otherwise a fine tight copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good to very Good. ( more information) Offered by Turtle Creek Books (Canada)
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The Embroidered Shoes: Stories
Xue, Can [Translated by Ronald R. Janssen and Jian Zhang]
NY:: Henry Holt and Company,, (1997). 1st US edition. HC. A fine copy in like dustjacket. ( more information) Offered by Books Again, Inc. (United States)
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The Embroidered Shoes: Stories
Tsan-Hsueh (Can Xue)
New York: Henry Holt, 1997. Hardcover with DJ, 221 pages.. First Edition. Fine/Fine. ( more information) Offered by Mimico BOOKS (Canada)
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The Embroidered Shoes : Stories
Janssen, Ronald R.; Janssen, R. (translator); Zhang, Jian (translator)
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Company, LLC. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. 0805054138 . New book, unmarked, in slightly rubbed dj. . ( more information) Offered by B-Line Books (Canada)
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The Embroidered Shoes : Stories
Janssen, Ronald R.; Janssen, R. (translator); Zhang, Jian (translator)
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Company, LLC. New in New dust jacket. 1997. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. 0805054138 . New book, unmarked and unread. . ( more information) Offered by B-Line Books (Canada)
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The Embroidered Shoes: Stories
Tsan-Hsueh; Can Xue; Translator-Ronald R. Janssen; Translator-Jian Zhang
Henry Holt & Co, 1997-09. Hardcover. Very Good. COLLECTIBLE! 1st Edition (Stated), 1st Printing (w/full number line) 1997 Henry Holt & Company (Publisher; NY) HARDBACK; text clean/UNMARKED; color cover surface near mint/edge wear w/1 small tear + no nicks; price unclipped; spine strong; NOT x-library; No remainder mark; Not book club; 221 pages + 16 informational pgs; translated by Ronald R. Janssen + Jian Zhang; text is 11 stories (The Embroidered Shoes + the Vexation of Old Lady Yuan Si; Two Unidentifiable Persons; A Strange Kind of Brain Damage; Floating Lotus; A Dull Story; Child Who Raised Poisonous Snakes; Homecoming; An Episode w/No Foundation; Dreamland Never Described; Anonymities; Apple Tree in the Corridor); author biography w/photograph; color jacket design by Raquel Jaramillo; "1 of most glorious, vivid, lyrical, elaborate, poignant, hellacious imaginations on the planet. She is the finest revolutionary Gothicist writing today + true daughter of Kafka + Borges...here is a book as dangerous as it is beautiful"--Bradford Morrow; "a visionary artist, an acrobat of paradox. These tales are serene + jolting, elegant, mysterious, hilarious + powerfully transforming"--Joanna Scott; very good collectible copy of 10-year-old out-of-print hardback. ( more information) Offered by HappyHippy7 (United States)
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The Embroidered Shoes, Stories
Xue, Can
Henry Holt, 1997 VG/VG. Translated by Ronald R. Janssen and Jian Zhang.. Hard Cover. ( more information) Offered by Baba's Books (Canada)
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The Embroidered Shoes
Xue, Can
Henry Holt, 1997. 1st. Hardcover. VG. Minor shelf wear. Square boards and block./VG+.. Octavo. Short stories by the surreal, gothic Chinese writer, compared to Kafka and Borges. Heavy book may require more postage. Hardcover ( more information) Offered by Old Goat Books (Canada)
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Tsan-Hsueh
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Tsan-Hsueh
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