Baba: A Return To China Upon My Father's Shoulders
by Belle Yang
ISBN: 0156002396
ISBN-13: 9780156002394
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Publisher: Harvest Books
Published date: 1996
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Baba: A Return To China Upon My Father's Shoulders
Belle Yang
Harvest Books. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information)
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Baba: A Return to China Upon My Father's Shoulders
Yang, Belle; Preface by Amy Tan
Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1996 211 pgs. VG Condition overall. Only some minor edgewear, Pages are clean and tight. No writing or marking.. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. ( more information)
Offered by Treasuring the Past - Old and Rare Books - Western, Massachusetts (United States)
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Baba : A Return to China upon My Father's Shoulders
Yang, Belle
San Diego, CA, U.S.A.: Harcourt Trade Publishers, 1996. T6 - Light edgewear with some rubbing. Bright clean cover as well as interior.. First Harvest Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Baba: A Return to China Upon my Father's Shoulders
Yang, Belle
Harcourt Brace, 1996. Softcover. VG+. Light wear to corners.. no. The author's father's memories of coming-of-age in Manchuria in the 1930's and '40's. Colour paintings by the author. Heavy book may require more postage. Trade Paperback ( more information)
Offered by Old Goat Books (Canada)
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Baba : A Return to China upon My Father's Shoulders
Yang, Belle
Toronto, ON, Canada: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1996 p. 213, b/w and color illustrations, a unique portrait of a culture straddlling thousands of years.. First Harvest Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Paperback. Larger 8vo. ( more information)
Offered by The Edmonton Book Store (Canada)
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Baba: A Return to China upon My Father's Shoulders
Yang, Belle; preface by Amy Tan
San Diego, CA, U.S.A.: Harvest/Harcourt Brace & World., 1996. 209 pages with many colour illus.. ISBN: 0156002396. Trade Paperback. As New. square, 8 3/4". Chapter Book. NOVEL CHINA. ( more information)
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Baba: A Return To China Upon My Father_s Shoulders
Yang, Belle
Harvest Books, 1996. Soft Cover. Like New. Baba ("papa" in Chinese) recounts the colorful childhood tales of Yang's father, who grew up at a time of great political and social upheaval in China. Behind the protective walls of the House of Yang, Baba is immersed in a world of the legends and colorful characters of village life. Yang's beautiful watercolors accompany each story and create "an astonishing personal vision" (Kirkus Reviews, pointer). Preface by Amy Tan; illustrations.--- Toronto Store Pick-up Available. ( more information)
Offered by The Recycled Book Shop (Canada)
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BABA : A Return To China Upon My Fatherýs Shoulders
Yang, Belle
San Diego, CA: Harvest Books/Harcourt Brace, 1996. BRAND NEW Copy w/faint creasing to lower front corner. Stated First Edition. An impressive and poetic portraiture of a father. It is of Baba (Papa in English) Joseph Yang in 1930s and 1940s China; a song of words and painted visions by a daughter. Japanese invasion of China with the establishment of last Ch'ing Emperor Pu-yi as a puppet regime in Manchuria (home of Baba), an area already swelled with White Russians refugees following disposement of the Tsar. Base firmed, invasion of China proper began in 1937. Popularly known as the Sino-Japanese War, it is the beginning of World War II on the Eastern Front, time wise, some five years before Pearl Harbor. This is the story of Baba, it is the story of war, it is the story of innocence lost, it is a story of resiliency, and, it is the story of what has been bequeathed to a loving daughter. The watercolor paintings are of great artistry. One color plate shows a tranquil rural setting with bombs falling far off; it is said that peasants, who well understood bullets, first thought bombs were no more than and odd phenomenon of bottles falling from the heavens! Fine copy.. First Edition, First Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. ( more information)
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