Mao's Last Dancer
by Li, Cunxin
From a desperately poor village in northeast China, at age eleven, Li Cunxin was chosen by Madame Mao's cultural delegates to be taken from his rural home and brought to Beijing, where he would study ballet. In 1979, the young dancer arrived in Texas as part of a cultural exchange, only to fall in love with America-and with an American woman. Two years later, through a series of events worthy of the most exciting cloak-and-dagger fiction, he defected to the United States, where he quickly became known as one of the greatest ballet dancers in the world. This is his story, told in his own inimitable voice.
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Mao's Last Dancer
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First impression, not price-clipped. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, dust jacket now in protective mylar. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Subjects: Li, Cunxin 1961-. Ballet dancers. Defectors. Genre: Biography. Language: English
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Mao's Last Dancer
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Camberwell, VIC Australia: Viking/Penquin Books, 2005 The dust jacket has minimal wear. The page edges are very lightly tanned. The title page appears to be signed by Li Cunxin himself. 448 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Signed by Author (?). Hardcover.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Penguin, Scoresby, VIC, Australia, 2003. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. 445 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Penguin, Scoresby, VIC, Australia, 2003. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. Cover has lightly bumped corners. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: The true story of a poor Chinese peasant boy who, plucked unsuspectingly at the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mao’s Last Dancer.
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Mao's Last Dancer
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Camberwell, Victoria: Viking an imprint of Penguin Books. 2005. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Includes Li's Family Tree. 447 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Hardback.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Viking / Penguin, Australia, 2009. Trade Paperback. Good Condition/Very Good. The true story of a poor Chinese peasant boy who, plucked unsuspectingly at the age of ten from millions of others across the land to be trained as a ballet dancer, turned the situation to his advantage to become one of the world's greatest ballet… Read more about this item Item Price
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Maos Last Dancer
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Mao's Last Dancer
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Mao's Last Dancer (2009 ed.)
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Mao's Last Dancer
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