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Peking Story
Author | : David Kidd |
Publisher | : Eland Publishing |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
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A haunting and delicately observed description of the last days of Mandarin culture before the revolution, 'Peking Story' is a testimony to a way of life, a culture, an aesthetic and a civilisation which has since completely disappeared.
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Language: en
Pages: 180
Pages: 180
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