Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 246 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Deckled edges (rough cut). This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Lord interweaves her own story, and that of her clansmen, with the voices of men and women who recall the tumultuous experience of the last fifty years, and the legacy of the Cultural Revolution. In precise, subtle prose, Lord explores the reality of Red Guards and reeducation camps, of friends and families severed by political disgrace, and captures the individual voices of those caught up in them: the seven-year-old girl with a heart full of hate for her father; the journalist whose girlfriend believes the Party newspapers, not him; the imprisoned scholar who hid his writings in his quilt for years; the anti-revolutionary who tells his bitter story in a vein of high farce. All bear heartbreaking witness to the surreal quality of Chinese society today -- and to the astonishing resilience, humor, and heroic equanimity of the Chinese spirit. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; China; 1980s; ISBN: 0394583256. ISBN/EAN: 9780394583259. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 7208. . 9780394583259

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Bookseller: Great Southern Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 7208
Title: Legacies: A Chinese Mosaic
Author: Bao Lord, Bette
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine Condition
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0394583256
ISBN 13: 9780394583259
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1990
Keywords: BZDB137 china, cultural revolution, history, memoir, bette bao lord, Winston lord, Biography & Autobiography; China; 1980s; ISBN: 0394583256 EAN: 9780394583259 Bao Lord, Bette Legacies: A Chinese Mosaic

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