- Ballet dancers, Biography, Defectors, Juvenile literature
A poor child living in poverty is chosen out of millions of children to attend Madame Mao's dancing ballet. His life drastically shifted from living in poverty to studying dance.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and resolved.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Li, Cunxin
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 444
- Publisher
- Putnam, Berkley Books, Walker & Co.
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780399150968
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