Birdless Summer; China: Autobiography, History
by Han, Suyin, Pseud
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Publisher: Putnam's Date of Publication: 1968 Binding: Hardcover Condition: This is the stated Putnam's First AmericanEdition from 1968. Other thana clipped back cardholder flyleaf(ex libris),both the mylar-covered DJ and the bookare in positivelyexcellent condition.There are no rips, tears, etc----and the pages and binding are tight as a drum (they still crackle ).Acceptable
Synopsis
Birdless Summer is a biography by Han Suyin. It covers the years 1938 to 1948, her work as a midwife in Chengtu and then going to London with her husband, who was a military attache there. Also her training as a doctor, the start of the last phase of the Chinese Civil War, in which her husband died fighting for the Kuomintang. She gives a vivid picture of the final years of Kuomintang rule in mainland China, and of reactions to the Japanese invasion.
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- Birdless Summer; China: Autobiography, History
- Author
- Han, Suyin, Pseud
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
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- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- Biography & Autobiography;
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