René Leys / Victor Segalen ; translated from the French and with an introduction by J.A. Underwood ; preface by Ian Buruma.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Segalen, Victor, 1878-1919.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Underwood, J. A. (James Amery)

Series:

New York Review Books classics

Standardized Title:

René Leys. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

History.

China--History--20th century--Fiction.

China.

Genre:

Fiction.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxiii, 210 pages : map ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York Review Books, [2003]

Summary:

Rene Leys is the quirky tale of spiritual adventure set in early twentieth century China. In this modern masterwork, 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, the son of a grocer, who is 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."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Segalen, Victor, 1878-1919. René Leys. English. René Leys.

ISBN:

1590170415

9781590170410

OCLC:

52178162

Online:

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