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Cousin Felix Meets the Buddha
And Other Encounters in China and Tibet
by Lincoln Kaye
ISBN: 0374299986
ISBN-13: 9780374299989
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
This series of encounters with such assorted personalities as a muckraking lawyer, wandering farmhands, and a qi gong guru encapsulates the many guises of modern China and Tibet.
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"Well-written, humorous, and instructive: a useful resource for China-watchers and travelers."
-- Kirkus
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Published date: 2003
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 6.25 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 1.5 pounds
Pages: 480
Publisher's Notes
Explores the daily lives of traveling workers in modern China, including farmhands, actors, a policeman, a muckraking lawyer, and others, considering the hardships of their ways of life as well as their spiritual quests.
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COUSIN FELIX MEETS THE BUDDHA
Lincoln Kaye
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 394 pages . ( more information)
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Cousin Felix Meets the Buddha: And Other Encounters in China and Tibet
Kaye, Lincoln
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2003 1st printing, new condition, new from jobber, not your usual tavel type book, but a wonderful look at the new, emerging China- the one , that if we are not careful, will be owning the mortgage on the White House. A travelogue in the best sense on the word and one that will certainly open up yur eyes. 394 pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Cousin Felix Meets The Buddha
Kaye, Lincoln
Farrar Straus Giroux, 2003-01-01. Hardcover. New. GREAT Bargain Book Deal - some may have small remainder mark - Ships out by NEXT Business Day - 100% Satisfaction Guarantee! ( more information)
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Cousin Felix Meets the Buddha: And Other Encounters in China and Tibet
Kaye, Lincoln
Farrar Straus Giroux, 2003. First edition. Illustrated. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Light edge wear to jacket. Faint moisture staining to right side page edges. Clean and unmarked inside, tightly bound. Mei-Lang, Hsu. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 480 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. ( more information)
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Cousin Felix Meets the Buddha
Kaye, Lincoln
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2003 Cousin Felix Meets the Buddha: And Other Encounters in China and Tibet. Long caricatured as a land of stagnant traditions or lockstep Maoist conformity, china today is a country on the move.. 1st American. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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COUSIN FELIX MEETS THE BUDDHA
KAYE,LINCOLN
NEW YORK: FARRAR, STRAUS, GIROUX, 2003 NF/NF, ENCOUNTERS IN CHINA AND TIBET, 394 PAGES. First Edition. Hard Cover. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE. ( more information)
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Cousin Felix Meets the Buddha : And Other Encounters in China and Tibet
Kaye, Lincoln
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003. Jacket in crystal-clear polyester protector. Pages are tight, bright, clean, and crisp. Binding very firm and straight. Board edges and corners unworn. No apparent wear.. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine Price Intact. Illus. by Mei-Lang, Hsu (illustrator). 9 1/4 X 6. ( more information)
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COUSIN FELIX MEETS THE BUDDHA. And Other Encounters in China and Tibet
Kaye, Lincoln
New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (2003). Boards, fine in d/w, illust., pp. xviii, 394. ISBN 0-374-29998-6. A portrait of the new China, where increasingly many search for a new faith to replace a decaying Party ideology. Keywords: Asia China travel politics workforce religion faith identity community party ( more information)
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Cousin Felix Meets The Buddha (Qty: 22)
Mei-Lang Hsu(Illustrator), Lincoln Kaye
Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2003. Illustrated 1st Edition. Hardcover. Brand New. 9.30 x 6.30 x 1.20. Brand new. Never read or owned. May have a remainder mark. 24.0 oz. Explores the daily lives of traveling workers in modern China, including farmhands, actors, a policeman, a muckraking lawyer, and others, considering the hardships of their ways of life as well as their spiritual quests. This series of encounters with such assorted personalities as a muckraking lawyer, wandering farmhands, and a qi gong guru encapsulates the many guises of modern China and Tibet. Well-written, humorous, and instructive: a useful resource for China-watchers and travelers. -- Kirkus Reviews (11/01/2002). . ( more information)
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