Rene Leys (New York Review Books) - Victor Segalen - Books - NYRB Classics - 9781590170410 - July 31, 2003
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Victor Segalen
Rene Leys (New York Review Books)

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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 René 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 René presents his increasingly dazzled disciple with a visionary glimpse of "an essential palace built upon the most magnificent foundations."

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Released July 31, 2003
ISBN13 9781590170410
Publishers NYRB Classics
Pages 240
Dimensions 125 × 13 × 200 mm   ·   235 g
Language English  
Contributor Ian Buruma
Contributor J.A. Underwood

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