| René Leys Contributor(s): Segalen, Victor (Author), Buruma, Ian (Preface by), Underwood, J. A. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1590170415 ISBN-13: 9781590170410 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2003 Annotation: In this entrancing story of spiritual adventure, a Westerner in Peking seeks the mystery at the heart of the Forbidden City. He takes as a tutor in Chinese the young Belgian Rene Leys, who claims to be in the know about strange goings-on in the Imperial Palace: love affairs, family quarrels, conspiracies that threaten the very existence of the empire. But whether truth-teller or trickster, the elusive and ever-charming Rene presents his increasingly dazzled disciple with a visionary glimpse of " an essential palace built upon the most magnificent foundations." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Political |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003010158 |
| Series: New York Review Books Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5" W x 8" (0.52 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this entrancing story of spiritual adventure, a Westerner in Peking seeks the mystery at the heart of the Forbidden City. He takes as a tutor in Chinese the young Belgian Ren Leys, who claims to be in the know about strange goings-on in the Imperial Palace: love affairs, family quarrels, conspiracies that threaten the very existence of the empire. But whether truth-teller or trickster, the elusive and ever-charming Ren presents his increasingly dazzled disciple with a visionary glimpse of "an essential palace built upon the most magnificent foundations." |