- Travel, Chinese essays, Description and travel, Essais chinois
The book that has captivated millions of Chinese readers, translated into English for the very first time. 'Hypnotic . . . A record of one person's fierce refusal to follow a path laid down for her by the rest of the world' Tash Aw, Paris Review Books of the Year Sanmao: author, adventurer, pioneer.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and effortless.
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- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Sanmao
- First published
- 1976
- Pages
- 416
- Publisher
- Beijing October Literature&art Publishing House, Rata Books, Nanhai Publishing Company
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- Spanish, English, Dutch, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9788494489167
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“我的先生很可惜是一个外国人。”
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